Pesto with Pistachios | Kitchen on the Cliff with Giovanna Bellia LaMarca

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Pesto di Pistacchi or Pesto di Bronte is simple and satiating, quite similar to the more well-known Pesto alla Genovese but with one key difference: the pistachios are the most prominent ingredient. A refreshing, quick, rich summer sauce for gnocchi, as we did in today’s video, pasta, or even spread on crostini!
Let us know in the comments if you make this delicious pesto! 🌱 #KOCShareWithMe
PESTO DI PISTACCHI
1 1/2 cups shelled pistachios
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil (quanto basta)
2 cloves garlic
5 fresh basil leaves
3 sprigs of fresh mint or marjoram
1/2-1 cup Caciocavallo Ragusano cheese
Salt to taste
3/4 cup pasta coking water (or until desired consistency is reached)
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@boerieza Ай бұрын

World's most underrated cooking channel and presenter. But we love you enough for everyone! :) Ciao from Belle and Marie in New Zealand!

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Thank You so much, Belle and Marie, I appreciate your enthusiasm and your support!

@robertnislick448 Ай бұрын

Mrs. LaMarca, I was a student at Bronx High School of Science from 1988-1992, and I remember you, but I took French with Mrs. Martin and had Art with Mr. Schlussel. I enjoy watching your videos now. Thank you!

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Dear Robert, I went to the Bronx Science Alumni Day in June, and I was hoping that I might have met you! I went to the reunion with one of my Classmates from 1957!!! We were among the last classes to have attended the "Old Builging" with the Founder, Dr. Morris Meister as our Principal! I hope to meet you at one of the future reunions! I love to hear from people connected with our School, since our Alma Mater has remained in my heart! Thank You! ❤

@cinamontoasty Ай бұрын

I know this video is about Pesto di Pistacchi, and I plan to cook it tomorrow, however, you mentioned your salad dressing recipe with just lemon juice, lemon zest, olive oil, mint, and salt. I just made that dressing for an arugula salad with cracked black pepper and it is incredible. Your little side comment has forever transformed how I will make salad. I've never tasted something so fresh! I love hearing how you approach cooking as it really helps me become a better cook. Thank you for sharing your skills and recipes with us.

@suzannevega2289 Ай бұрын

It really is delicious and soo much healthier. I use it on other things too, like raw broccoli, last night I used it on shrimp & pasta🤤The possibilities are endless!

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

The mint is seasonal, and I always look forward to the special flavor it gives to the salad, but, the olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste, is a delicious combination!

@nanni.5208 Ай бұрын

Hi dear Giovanna 🎉❤greetings from north Italy 🇮🇹

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Thank you, Nanni' con Saluti da Oltre Oceano!🌹

@user-uq3tn5tg9v Ай бұрын

Hi Giovanna, I had the same view for 45 years as I grew up the street from you. My most Beautiful memories were of making gnocchi with my nonna and my father. We always used the sauce my father made, but your pesto recipe looks delicious. Thank You for your wonderful recipes❤️

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

My Husband was gradated from the High School in Town, and we probably crossed paths many times! I hope that you've continued your Family's traditions!

@user-uq3tn5tg9v Ай бұрын

@@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Hi Giovanna, when I was a little kid and my sisters and friends from our street walked to the end of the block I always thought that the gate in front of your house was scary 😳😁 go figure. My family is Piemontes, so we had polenta on those cold wintery days and my father would make focaccia too. Beautiful memories. Thank you for sharing your recipes to all of us they are wonderful ❤️

@bjohme2237 Ай бұрын

Oh how I've missed you! This looks delicious ❤

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Thank You so Much!

@briancoleman9330 Ай бұрын

I wish I could spend time in the kitchen with Moma. So much to be learned.

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Just spend whatever time you can, and enjoy it!

@merrileeterrito5540 Ай бұрын

Love, love, love your recipes. I’m proud to be 100% Sicilian, 2nd Generation.

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

We should all take pride in our ancestry as we contribute our traditions to enrich the diversity of our American Life and Culture!

@bigsky14 Ай бұрын

Looks amazing, perfect for pine nut allergies too

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Wonderful; there' are always other ways to achieve a good result!

@jamieandthemore 23 күн бұрын

In Brazilian Portuguese lemons are called "fruta de Sicilia." Limes are "limon" like Spanish. I always enjoy your videos.

@octopuslair6877 Ай бұрын

So clear that I can follow with just the visuals.

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

I'm so glad, and I Thank you very much!

@ginamalkeschmiedeberg Ай бұрын

Love your recipes, all of them! I just got a bag full of pistachios from California as a present, so here we go.... Thank you!

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Great! You vave all that you need!

@dorisb.2886 Ай бұрын

Beautiful dish in your beautiful lemony kitchen! I love Sicilian food and am a big fan! I missed the old music though a bit. Thank you very much!

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Francesca gives us a little variety as variety is the Spice of Live; but, she never abandons the old music!

@K_A421 Ай бұрын

Grazie Mille 🇮🇹 We’re so glad we found your channel.♥️ You both work so well together! Kraig & Sue🤗💙🩷

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Thank you Kraig and Sue; we've been practicing for 61 years!!!

@CorynKLeaman Ай бұрын

Thank you for this video! And I love your kitchen! Can’t wait to try the dish! ❤

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Thank You, Coryn; you will LOVE it!

@faigee3493 Ай бұрын

Beautiful. I think I might like this pesto better.I love pistachios

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

They are both delicious! Make the Pesto Genovese the way they make it in Liguria, that is: add a handful of fresh string beans and a thinly sliced potato to the boiling water together with the pasta. Just for a change!

@faigee3493 Ай бұрын

@@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca sounds great 👍 I love string beans

@faigee3493 Ай бұрын

@@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca sounds great 👍 I love string beans

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

I'm sure you that will love it

@suzannevega2289 Ай бұрын

I love lemons, I use them too often. I started a tree and for the 1st. time I have about 18 lil lemons and more coming, the flowers have the most beautiful smell of any flowers, now the trick will be keeping it alive indoors in the the winter😁 I LOVE Pesto di Pistacchi but no cream, I love all pesto's and will put it on almost anything, I recently tried walnuts & almonds together (because I only had a lil of both), put it on chicken and rice, it was pretty good. I'm planning to make this meal tomorrow, if my tired hands cooperate 😮‍💨As always Thank you both 💞

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

I share your love of lemons; a squeeze of lemon sparks up the taste of many dishes! You will bring your lemon tree inside in the winter and give it a vacation in the summer!

@avitaalphonso7132 Ай бұрын

Thank You Giovanna. Today, cleaning garlic was so easy.

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Did you whack it with something heavy and the skins fell right off? Good little trick.

@sveppir2 Ай бұрын

I have SO many pistachios. I'm going to make this dish this weekend. Thank you for sharing this!

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Enjoy every bite of this delicious dish!

@susanvirgilio4615 Ай бұрын

My mouth is watering looking at this beautiful gnocchi served in a treasured bowl. I am very much looking forward to making this soon. Thank you for sharing the traditions and memories of your family, I enjoy watching your channel very much!

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Thank you so much Susan (with the very distinguished name of Virgilio) we share with great pleasure!

@ParkersCrossing Ай бұрын

Enjoyed watching you prepare this beautiful dish! ~ What a great tip on rooting the basil…thank you for sharing!! 🪴

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Today I picked leaves from the basil that I rooted!

@ParkersCrossing Ай бұрын

♥️

@omgisemma Ай бұрын

Hello Giovanna, my uncle usually does this pasta in the summer time. He uses busiate but gnocchi are also a great. Greetings from a sicilian follower that lives in Switzerland 😘

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Yes, Busiate are traditional, but my cousin Antonietta in Ragusa made them with very tiny gnocchetti and, as you said, they were also delicious! Greetings from The USA 🇺🇸 directly to Switzerland!

@kellycantwaitformyKing Ай бұрын

I watch all of your videos and I love how you cook. I have made several of your recipes and all were delicious! I have never thought of making the simple tiny gnocchi. I have to try this. My husband is Italian and he approves of everything i have made from your videos! I want your cook book! I love your polenta too! ❤

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Thank You so much Kelly, I love to share and to see your enhusiasm!

@EricaNernie Ай бұрын

Hello from Australia. Going to buy some pistachios tomorrow and make this, Thank you.

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Greetings from The USA all the way to Australia! Enjoy Pistachio Pesto often: easy, quick and delicious!

@Jerseyflo Ай бұрын

Giovanna, thank you for sharing such a fabulous dish! Cannot wait to try it myself! And love your beautiful nails too! ❤

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Thank You Very Much! The nails were my splurge for our 60th Wedding Anniversary!

@SebCollingwood 20 күн бұрын

Brava Bella!!!

@user-pn5zs3fn9v Ай бұрын

Thank you Giovanna and Howard; beautiful dish.. 🇮🇹

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Prego! Our Pleasure!

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@demetrapetrou8527 Ай бұрын

Bonjorno Mrs Giovanna ., Thank you 🌼🌼🐝🌼🌼

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

And Thanks to you, for following us! ❤

@duncanmarshall241 Ай бұрын

Please him one day…please myself another day!😂

@ParkersCrossing Ай бұрын

Aren’t they simply the sweetest couple!!

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

That's probably why we've been marries for 61 years! ❤

@donaldliss4691 Ай бұрын

i love this!!

@civilizeddiva Ай бұрын

9:44: Thank you, Mr. Howard, for contributing to our pistachio pesto lesson☺️. 1:30-1:47: I appreciate your sharing your recipe and reminding us to plant and grow fresh food.

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Hoard and I collaborate in everything, that may be why we ave been married for 61 years!

@doloressanchez346 Ай бұрын

Hello my dear Giovanna . I love this dish looks spectacular 😋 and delicious . I really love italian food is my favorite . Thank you so much i will try to make it because love pistachios. Hugs from Utah . 🌟✨️🙏💚🤍♥️🌟✨️

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Thank you Dolores, and I send greetings from New Jersey all the way to Utah! If you make this pesto once, you'll make it again and again!

@rosalbacolombo263 Ай бұрын

E' sempre un piacere seguirLa

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Grazie Mille er il Suo Graditissimo Commento 🌹❤️🌹

@donnahall8593 Ай бұрын

This looks delicious! Miss my Grandma from Palermo Sicily. Especially her cooking .

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Carry on your Beloved Gandmother's traditional cooking and keep her memory alive! 🌹

@jessg002 Ай бұрын

Thank you Giovanna for the wonderful recipe. I will try it with my mum ❤️

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

If you make it once, you will make it often; make it with your Mom to double the pleasure!

@agakata8221 Ай бұрын

Thank-you so much!! I know what I'm making for my friends this weekend!!!♥♥♥ Sending best wishes from Poland! Your gnocchi is very similar to our kopytka! (translated to hooves 😂)

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Enjoy the whole Weekend! Many cultures have potato dumplings, and they are all delicious!

@kathymarshall7571 Ай бұрын

Love! Haven’t seen this recipe before.

@marlenen.6474 Ай бұрын

Great video! Looks absolutely delicious. A big thank you to you, Giovanna, and Howard and Francesca. 😊

@dollymando Ай бұрын

Looks delicious!

@TuckerSP2011 Ай бұрын

Delicious! We just ordered your book Sicilian Feasts!

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your support!

@DidaNina Ай бұрын

Grazie Giovanna! Questa ricetta sembra buonissima, Io la proverò a fare. ❤👌

@clevergirlhikes Ай бұрын

It's so wonderful watching your videos! I certainly appreciate all the effort. I am Milanese, so have always made the Genovese style pesto, but truly look forward to trying this version out. Gracie!

@JuliaKhan-ps3fp 21 күн бұрын

Delicious❤❤❤❤❤❤

@elizabethactually1 Ай бұрын

Looks amazing! I'll have to give this one a try!

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Trying it is loving it!

@annettecinquemanifalbo17 Ай бұрын

Wonderful indeed! I will make this dish! Thank you for sharing!! Happy Memorial Day weekend!

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Grazie Altrettanto, Annette! Happy cooking my Friend!.

@annettecinquemanifalbo17 Ай бұрын

@@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca I've been watching so many videos on Sicily lately Giovanna! I am making plans to travel to my ancestors hometown/village in Contessa Entellina Sicily, and also my great grandfather Bernardo Cinquemani's hometown and place of birth in Chiusa Sclafani, Sicily, Italy. My great grandmother's parents were from Palermo. My great grandmother Lillie was born with her twin brother Phillip Passalaqua on the ship leaving Palermo for New Orleans to meet up with her husband Giuseppe Passalaqua who came to New Orleans before her, she was pregnant with their first child unknowingly twins! They were at sea for 2 months because of terrible weather!! I can't imagine what that trip must have been like for her! Wow! Twins born on a ship!

@reverenddr.anthonycapretta7367 Ай бұрын

Absolutely delicious Giovanna!

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Dearest Dr. Capretta, How wonderful to hear from you! We had Pesto di Pistacchi every time we visited the town of Bronte on the slopes of Mount Etna, and we were eager to share the recipe with our Friends. Best Regards!

@reverenddr.anthonycapretta7367 Ай бұрын

I LOVE YOU!

@Notturnoir Ай бұрын

Beautuful dish 💚

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

....and delicious too! Thank You. 💚

@TheEdudo Ай бұрын

perfetto

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Grazie Mille!

@unlockyoursoulmemory4199 Ай бұрын

you are such a wonderful lady and your recipes look so inviting, what a delicious treat

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Thank you, my pleasure to share!

@Clarkson350 Ай бұрын

Continued great health!

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Thank you and I wish the same to you!

@jamesallison4875 Ай бұрын

You guys are awesome. I went to a party in the mid seventies in Edgewater that had the same views as your kitchen! I also prefer lemon juice on my salad. Just squeeze it on and pour over the evoo. Thanks 🙏

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Yes, it's a view you never tire of admiring. Lemon juice sparkles any dish with its fresh and delicious flavor!

@RCBSUB Ай бұрын

Ciao, Giovanna. We just found your channel and we love it! We are going to try this recipe 😀Question: What will be a cheese alternative instead of Caciocavallo Ragusano? Is a little difficult to find it where we live. Thank you.

@marvinraphaelmonfort8289 Ай бұрын

looks scrumptious 💛💚 i cringed when u said others add cream

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

I know, Sicilians are not fond of adding cream, but it can be left out, and the pesto will still be delicious!

@benjaminvis Ай бұрын

I knew about an oregano pistachio based 'pesto' which contains also a touch of anchovies. In fact, I wonder whether it truly is a pesto. I prepare it almost more likw chimichurri, chopping ingredients till they come together with a knife. Pestos I prefer doing with a pestle and mortar. It's oddly incinsistent to get fresh basil here and generally it's not too frah when it arrives. But I'd like to try this one day. In order to please everyone it'll have to be pasta rather than gnocchi in my household.

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

The next time you buy fresh Basil, cut the tips with some of the stem, root them in water, plant them in a pot, and you'll have beautiful plants. Pesto comes from pestare (to crush) and they were traditionally made with a mortar and pestle!

@benjaminvis Ай бұрын

@@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca I'll give this a go. I didn't realise it should that that simple!

@zekelucente9702 Ай бұрын

I want to make this for the mortadella sandwich with burrata.

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Wouldn't that bebe a winner! ❤

@georgesmith2199 Ай бұрын

adore your nails nonna Giovanna xx

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Oh! Thank you so much!

@oldcrowcreations Ай бұрын

I’ve never made it with pistachios before but I’m sure I’d love it. If you didn’t make the gnocchi, what shape pasta would be best? Thinking something tube shaped yo catch that delicious sauce.

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Exactly; any cut pasta to catch the pesto!

@seaslife60 Ай бұрын

What is that knife your daughter handed you? I need one! lol I've been a gnocchi lover since I was a kid - love your channel - God bless you all.

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

The knife with the green handle is the same that my father used and discovered. I was happy to know that they are still available on line. Search Shoemaker knives or leatherworkers knives with green wooden handles. They vary in price, so look at all of them. They must be washed and dried after each use otherwise they rust but they cut very well, and they never need sharpening.

@seaslife60 Ай бұрын

@@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca millegrazie Giovanna and God bless you and your family! Amore.

@antonellaprovenzano270 Ай бұрын

Ciao Giovanna Sunnu boni!!!! Fascemu I macherunna. 😀

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Antonella, Bedda; Sunu buoni cu' tutti i tipi ri pasta!

@antonellaprovenzano270 Ай бұрын

@@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Vero!!!! 💯 Buon weekend!!!!

@daisybrain 19 күн бұрын

Does anyone know if there would be a suitable substitute for the Caciocavallo Ragusa?

@nanni.5208 Ай бұрын

Ti adoriamo !Hai una famiglia stupenda 🤩 🙋‍♀️💐

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@WinstonSmithGPT Ай бұрын

Where do you get caciocavallo di Ragusa in the US?!

@seantaylor2046 Ай бұрын

Fantastic dish. I don't see the cheese in your listed ingredients. What is the name? I use 24 month aged Parmigiano Reggiano.

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Caciocavallo, otherwise known as Ragusano is traditional; but, Parmigiano-Reggiano will be delicious as well!

@glitzrescue Ай бұрын

The nails are awesome!

@shamapes Ай бұрын

What was the name of the cheese you had used, both the Italian & English spelling please. And what can we use to subsistute for it, if we cannot find it?

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

The cheese is Caciocavallo Ragusano. You can substitute parmigiano or pecorino romano!

@marym434 Ай бұрын

I am not familiar with the cheese you used, and it's the only ingredient you didn't list in the description!

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Caciocavallo Ragusano! Just added it to the list- thank you.

@mellamobradley462 Ай бұрын

I don't see the name of the cheese, can you please let me know. Thanks

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Caciocavallo Ragusano cheese! 1/2-1 cup or however much you please ;)

@dinkohrvat344 Ай бұрын

We want more vegetarian and vegan dishes . Its nice to see all the nice gold jewellery and fashion .Thank you ....

@GiovannaBelliaLaMarca Ай бұрын

Detto Fatto! Our cooking is rich is delicious vegetarian and vegan dishes!

@seaslife60 Ай бұрын

Troll 😂

@havingalook2 Ай бұрын

The best pistachios are from Iran - not California. If you wish this dish to be it's best - get the best pistachios.

@bettylinden2851 Ай бұрын

Seeing the nails go into the dough and what’s underneath the nails go into the food….nooooo😢

@DidaNina Ай бұрын

She's making food for herself... She's teaching you a recipe, not making you dinner 🙄 Cut your nails and make your own food 👌

@bettylinden2851 Ай бұрын

@@DidaNina look this a public platform and everyone can share their opinion. I didn‘t even go so far and described my opinion with adjectives like e.g. nasty. No need for you to act like the online lawyer. Respect people‘s opinion when they are not insulting and chill

@laurimas8845 Ай бұрын

@@bettylinden2851 I love this channel and I adore Giovanna and her way of explaining things but am also having a little trouble accepting the nails. It's not meant as a heavy criticism.

@WinstonSmithGPT Ай бұрын

Italian women are extremely clean unlike the scrofe you find all over the internet.