This morning while I was watering Stefanie’s plants, a great aroma of basil came out. Since it was early in the morning and I had a bit of free time I decided to make my morning into a KROK morning. Once you start to use a KROK it becomes a must-have in the kitchen. I am practically using it for everything I need, from making fresh sauces to pesto or just grinding spices. There are great advantages in using a mortar and pestle instead of knives or a blender.
Let me list some for you here:
1. Using a blender will produce heat that will interfere with the final taste of your sauce.
2. The fast and mechanical motion of the blender doesn’t allow the oils contained in your ingredients to come out slowly and blend step by step with the other ingredients.
3. The blades of the blender are basically cutting the ingredients and will retain part of the precious oils that would have made your outcome much better in terms of taste and texture.
4. Using a mortar and pestle allows you to calibrate the power and the motion according to the nature of the ingredients.
I could carry on with the list but those above are the basic advantages of using mortar vs. using a blender. You can test it by yourself and believe me, once you have done it you won’t come back.
What we generally call “pesto” is Pesto alla Genovese, which comes from Genova, a city of the Liguria Region of Italy. Pesto is actually a technique rather than a dressing here in Italy, so we have many pestos according to the different regions, cities, or areas of Italy.
The full recipe is HERE enjoy the reading and stay tuned for more projects.
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