Sicilian Pesto

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  • Time icon
    Total Time
    0mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    8
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    172
based on 4 ratings

Are you looking for an alternative to the classic pesto? Do you want something creamy and different? Here is the solution to your problems: the Sicilian pesto which offers creaminess, taste and easy to make. User generated recipes have not been re-tested by Kenwood.

Inspired by: https://blog.giallozafferano.it/mille1ricette/

recipe updated Jan 26, 2023

Ingredients

  • Water icon
    Water
    1 L
  • Plum tomato icon
    Plum tomato
    6
  • Ricotta cheese icon
    Ricotta cheese
    160 g
  • Blanched almonds icon
    Blanched almonds
    100 g
  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    2
  • Fresh basil leaves icon
    Fresh basil leaves
    4 sprigs
  • Extra virgin olive oil icon
    Extra virgin olive oil
    50 ml
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    1 tablespoon
  • Black pepper icon
    Black pepper
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon kCook Multi
  • kCook icon Cutting board
  • kCook icon Colander
  • kCook icon Kcook bowl

Step preview

  1. Fit stir tool to kCook bowl
  2. Add water to the kCook bowl
  3. Fit kCook bowl to kCook Multi
  4. Attach lid to kCook bowl with filler cap fitted
  5. Heat with filler cap fitted - 104°C, speed 1
  6. Then add plum tomato to the kCook bowl
  7. Cook with filler cap fitted - 5 min, 104°C
  8. Drain content of kCook bowl into colander and let cool
  9. Transfer tomatoes to cutting board
  10. Peel
  11. Chop coarsely then set aside
  12. Clean kCook bowl
  13. Fit max blade to kCook bowl
  14. Add ricotta cheese, blanched almonds, garlic clove and fresh basil leaves to the kCook bowl
  15. Fit kCook bowl to kCook Multi
  16. Attach lid to kCook bowl with filler cap fitted
  17. Blend with filler cap fitted - 2 min, speed 7
  18. Then add extra virgin olive oil, salt and black pepper to the kCook bowl
  19. Transfer tomatoes to kCook bowl
  20. Blend with filler cap fitted - 2 min, speed 9
  21. Serve
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