My pesto of dried tomatoes, enriched with toasted almonds and capers, is a proven Apulian summer recipe, so tasty that you don’t need anything else to prepare a last-minute lunch or dinner.
Are you in a hurry and don’t know how to arrange your guests? Prepare some bruschettas and serve them with a nice teaspoon of pesto spread on the surface, maybe with a little strong Apulian ricotta.
Pesto with dried tomatoes, a real Apulian summer recipe, is suitable for everyone: gluten-free, dairy-free, very vegan. Stock it up and keep it in labelled jars or in the freezer, or consider it as a homemade gift for friends.
The Apulian dried tomato pesto is an alternative way to taste a typical Apulian product.
At the end of the summer, the tomato is dried in the sun sprinkled with salt to be preserved throughout the winter.
In this recipe we propose an alternative use, great to combine with a finger food, on toast, great for preparing a quick first or second courses.
INGREDIENTS
300 gr dried tomatoes
300 cl of white vinegar
1 teaspoon full of oregano
1 tablespoon capers
Chilli
Parsley a tuft
Basil
50 gr pine nuts
50 gr almond
Extravergin Olive oil
Rinse the dried tomatoes and dry them with a cloth
Boil one litre of water with 300 ml of vinegar and blanch the dried tomatoes for 5 minutes. Drain and dry them.
Meanwhile, toast the pine nuts and the almonds in a pan. In a blender add the tomatoes, parsley, capers, chilli, basil and olive oil EVO.
Add the toasted pine nuts and almonds while whisking the mixture and if necessary add more oil. Place the dried tomato pesto in sterilized jars and cover with olive oil if necessary.