Sauces

Ricotta Walnut Pesto

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time 10 mins
Total Time 10 mins
Course Sauce
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 4)

Ingredients

  • 125 g ricotta
  • 70 g walnuts
  • 50 g parmesan cheese
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 20 basil leaves, approx.
  • 2 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar, lighter
  • 3 tablespoon walnut oil
  • salt and pepper
  • chili
  • 50 g pine nuts
Ricotta Walnut Pesto
Ricotta Walnut Pesto

Instructions

  1. Roast the walnuts a little, then let them cool. Puree all ingredients to a fine mass. Season the pesto again and season with salt and pepper if necessary.
  2. Tips for serving:
  3. Boil 400 - 500g pasta. Roast 50 g pine nuts in a pan. Mix the dripping wet pasta with the pesto, add a little pasta water, vegetable broth or cream if necessary. Fold in the pine nuts and serve.
  4. The pesto also tastes great as a spread on fresh bread or together with pasta as a pasta salad for grilled foods. Then first add only 2/3 of the pesto to the pasta and let it steep for at least 30 minutes. Gladly also in the refrigerator. Finally, heat the rest of the pesto in a cup in the microwave, stretch it a little if necessary and add to the salad with the pine nuts and - depending on your taste - halved cocktail tomatoes. This way the salad doesn`t get dry.
Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

The Boss Kitchen editorial staff oversees content review, fact-checking, and recipe verification across the site. Published articles pass through the editorial team before going live, ensuring ingredient lists, techniques, cooking times, and nutritional claims hold up in a home kitchen. The team coordinates contributions across the site writers, handles reader corrections, and maintains consistency in measurement conventions, safety guidance, and dietary labeling. Posts under this byline typically represent team-reviewed reference material, site announcements, or editorial roundups rather than individual-author features, and they are held to the same sourcing standards as bylined recipe and product coverage.

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