Spicy pesto rosso | Simone's Kitchen (2024)

posted by Simone van den Berg on Aug 8, 2014 (last updated Sep 19, 2018) 8 comments »

Every once in a while it still happens; someone who is looking for a recipe that used to be on one of my old websites; in this case De Glazen Vork. They than find out that it no longer exists. I have made a special page here on the site which informs people of that fact and I always tell them to let me know if they are looking for something in particular. In this case I was contacted by Jeanette who was looking for the recipe for pesto rosso.

Now in this particular case the recipe was from van Kay from Kayotic Kitchen so I send the link through to Jeanette and than I started thinking that I never made a variaton of pesto rosso myself. I do green pesto’s all the time; with rocket, with goatcheese, with parmesan… you name it..

But red pesto – and don’t ask me why – I never made. Never made until now… and this one is good! I made quite a bit as I had some leftover sundried tomatoes and leftover olives so those came in quite handy. If you like spicy than try this recipe. I added a whole chipotle pepper in there and that gives it a smoky and spicy flavor. Love it!

Now I just have to wait until I can eat pasta again because I am looking forward to all the delicious stuff I can do with this. But in absence of pasta you can also use it to give some interesting flavors to sauces or on a bruschetta, in the soup… The possibilities are endless. It is virtually whole30 approved with the exception of the sugar that is in the adobo sauce but you might be able to find one without sugar or use fresh chipotles. Smoke them yourself!