pesto
noun
pes·to
ˈpe-(ˌ)stō 
: a sauce made especially of fresh basil, garlic, oil, pine nuts, and grated cheese
Examples of pesto in a Sentence
Top the bread with pesto.
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Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Make some pesto Swapping out basil for watercress in a batch of pesto can be a major nutrient booster, while introducing some new flavors.
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No Comply Foods is a Great Barrington restaurant with skateboarding décor and a daily changing menu that includes a few staples like chickpeas with sunny-side-up eggs, basil pesto and whipped feta.
—Lauren Matison, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2024
The bison birria taco leaned into the ancestral ingredients of the area with pesto and Wojapi, a Native American berry sauce.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
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Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Make some pesto Swapping out basil for watercress in a batch of pesto can be a major nutrient booster, while introducing some new flavors.
—Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2024
No Comply Foods is a Great Barrington restaurant with skateboarding décor and a daily changing menu that includes a few staples like chickpeas with sunny-side-up eggs, basil pesto and whipped feta.
—Lauren Matison, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2024
The bison birria taco leaned into the ancestral ingredients of the area with pesto and Wojapi, a Native American berry sauce.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
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pesto
noun
pes·to
ˈpes-tō
: a sauce made especially of fresh basil, garlic, oil, pine nuts, and grated cheese
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