Chilli Tomato Pesto

11 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 large red bell pepper
  • 1 mild red chili pepper
  • 2 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted
  • 2 medium tomatoes, peeled, deseeded and roughly chopped
  • 1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
  • 1 garlic clove, peeled
  • 50 g fresh basil leaves, roughly chopped
  • 8 pieces sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil, chopped
  • 3 tablespoons sun-dried tomato paste
  • 6 -12 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 -2 ounce pecorino romano cheese or 1 -2 ounce fresh parmesan cheese, grated

Directions

  1. 1
    Grill both the chilli and red pepper under a very hot grilluntil the skin blackens and blisters. Allow to cool for a few minutes.
  2. 2
    Peel the chilli and pepper and remove the seeds. Roughly chop.
  3. 3
    With a large pestle and mortar crush the garlic together with the toasted pine nuts.
  4. 4
    One at a time, add the red pepper, chilli, basil, sundried tomato and tomato paste, squashing together until everything is roughly blended.
  5. 5
    Stir in the grated Pecorino or Parmesan.
  6. 6
    Stir in the oil, stirring until everything has become a paste, but still retains a little of it's own identity.
  7. 7
    Add tabasco to taste.

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