Pesto

[zeldafreak701]

Wow this is a very well done how to video. Thanks!

[philskinkins]

I actually searched for "crontupesto", please refer to pronunciation manual.

This looks pretty much like crontupesto.

[bobolink222]

Jean-Pierre is pulling off an FPS Russia here......

[germanoleo176]

as i told i'm from Genova where pesto takes its origins;that's true it was first made in a "mortaio"anyway,while using a mixer we'd better pour much more olive oil first with basil leaves as mixing them with no enough oil makes them get darker

it doesn't happen when leaves are being cut wit a larger amount of extravirgin olive oil;when pesto is ready it will be clearer;all the rest i sow is ok but i suggest to add salt after adding parmisan as it's rather salty itself.Don't mix too long

[elimonjal]

noodlefreax: you talk funny to him, jajajaja. travel around the world a bit more.

[Epiphanized]

oil --> oiyehleh

[baguiopunx]

This is a quick and easy way to make pesto that you can use it everyday. You people complain that he used too much garlic or not enough olive oil, well every person have different taste. If he uses a lot of garlic, probably he like a strong taste of garlic. You complain about the quantity of oil, then you are not paying attention to the video. If you are complaining that this isn't the original recipe, you're not paying attention as well. Anyway, cooking has no end of great possibilities.

[alinaburlacu]

This guy is not French..he is an American badly imitating the French accent. Any French native notices that in a sec...he is so overdoing it at the beginning and so losing it afterwards:))

[Robineux99]

@alinaburlacu

He is french. Born in Aix-en -Provence but has been in US for a long time.

[czaja86]

this is actually a parody of Pesto :/

[wantedhealer]

I took your advice about making the pesto with spinach and it worked, this was my first time trying pesto and it came out great, thanks for the video, hubby loved it :)

[kikkok16]

whatever nut makes you happy! hahahahahahaha

he's so right!!! that's the key to any recipes. LOL

[KositaQ]

Can I use yogurt instead of cream? with the basil and all, can it taste the same? Pls let me know, tks ;)

[Galormoth]

Hey chef..back to school!

[UncleRed1234567]

i love how he doesnt use any measuring cups

[Quillons1]

@UncleRed1234567 What's a measuring cup???? :-)

[Scikke]

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Spinach?? Rucola?? Peanuts??? Buy the garlic already pealed??? Pepper??

Fou cuisinier français....mad french cook!!!

[Quillons1]

@Scikke The peeled garlic is very fresh. I use it all the time. When you get home from work and use as much as I do and have to feed your family, you don't always have time to hand-peel it. I guarantee if I made you something with that same peeled garlic, you'd NEVER know the difference. Soemtimes you just have to find time savers. I have an alternate recipe for making it with lamb but yeah Spinach? Arugula? Peanuts? I can't defend those.

[GabriellePictures]

Pesto on everything! <3

[ilfantasista]

In my family Pesto is a tradition...the recepy is absolutely original one, my father makes pesto every sunday morning using a mortar and a pestle, the only things that you can use in order to make the real pesto. Basil leaves need to be small, the perfect basil comes from Pra', in the city of Genova. In the original pesto you should put Parmesan or Pecorino Sardo. This Chef is making some stupid green sauce that has nothing to do with our italian tradition and flavor.

[mochiam]

ola

[mochiam]

We are two italians and we have just made original genovese pesto. Just for fun we watched this video. This chef is absolutely crazy, we are outraged for the bullshit this guy is saying. Almond in pesto? ahahahahah, Spinach, rucola? My god, what do you eat there in US? Beware of this recepy, and if you want to make a good pesto please ask to an italian from Genova. Defenetely more professional than this Chef Jean Pierre.

[Quillons1]

@mochiam I'm Italian-American. This guy is French, if you haven't noticed. He is not representative of "American" cooking. I'll put my pesto up against anyone in Italy. Of course, I was taught by Italians so....I like some of his recipes, but I dont care for this one. Still, cooking is about experimenting, he says "We don't have to be traditional." It's true, some fantastic "traditional" recipes can be delicious by just changing something.

[passiveMenis]

@Quillons1

LOL

You are Italian-American. Nothing you make should be put up against an Italian. Sorry.

By the way, I'm not some guy from New Hampshire.

[Quillons1]

@passiveMenis And I really don't care what your opinion is. I've cooked in Italy and done JUST fine there. I don't care where you're from whether it's New Hampshire, Rome, or Istanbul. You've never tasted my food and have NO idea how I cook so you are certianly not qualified to jusge whether my food can or can't be put up against someone's food from Italy. So, your opinion is positively worthless..."sorry". By the way I'm not some guy from Ohio..whatever the hell you meant by that...

[germanoleo176]

i'm from Genova,the town where pesto was"born".what does the chef pour into the mixer after pouring basilic?The original recpt is just basilic,parmisan ,oil, salt,garlic and pinols but i didn't get what it was

[bowhunter2439]

@germanoleo176 It was more oil ....

[bruceleeC64]

never too much garlic!

[NoodleFreax]

he talks funny,but great recipe though thanks xD!

[veryespechal]

LOVE PESTO

[CountessRosetteRaina]

Mmm, Pesto. ; )

[sapinta]

argh! Pepper?? PEPPER??!! O_O

[pizzagorgonzola]

yes pepper, that's part of the classic recipe.

[ThrillKill]

Reminds me of Gordon Ramsey's favorite recipe:

Take two eggs

and F*CK OFF!!!

[oneuniqueusername]

what would i do without pesto?

[dec222222]

the price of pine nuts are a f...... disgrace . can we not use monkey nuts ?

[jpmorgan187]

hi there!!

[chakira56]

PESTO..my aunt use to make pesto...and I really love the taste of it^^

[maroglia]

I think that some more garlic (5 or 6 whole heads) would rend it perfect...my comliments anyway...very very very good killer!!!!

[MuffinMario]

Pesto is traditional to the Italian Riviera. Pine nuts are definitely optional. The recipe developed with pine nuts or pignoli because there are pine nut trees all over the place in the region. Mothers send their kids to collect pine cones for the nuts. Potatoes are also optional. Boil cut up potatoes with the pasta and drain together. When adding the pesto, mix with some pasta water in a cup first for easier mixing. Try mixing a teaspoon of pesto to already heated vegetable soup.

[MorganHod]

To all of you saying that "This is not pesto" and that Jean-Pierre "Isn't really french" or that he is a "faker" etc...

Pesto has numerous recipes. This is not the original italian recipe... but when pesto was first made, a lot of these ingredients were not available or as convenient to obtain. This is pesto - although it may be a different recipe than you are used it. Try it before you bash it.

Second, he's french... but he moved to New York and has lived there most of his life.

[1987dman]

is this guy chinese?

[prephuskies51]

his accent is funny!!

[fbaalltheway]

It depends on who's making the pesto.

[xeryph]

Not only will I not take anything you say seriously because of you using "u" instead of "you" in your typing, but tell me... Who are you to say what traditional pesto is made with? Please, show me your official sources that indicate that pesto can only be made with the handful of ingredients you're toting.

[bigpappiortiz111]

Tasty Good Stuff

[RLRoX]

A real simple pesto is more basil then cheese, so darker green, much stronger refreshing taste, plus it is better for you. Thats just me, although I do like this recipe

[thetruth87]

In response to all the people who are hating on this recipe, because it's not authentic pesto or he uses garlic from a jar or what not, I think he's just trying to make the simplest pesto possible in as little time as possible, that's all. I don't think he was trying to make restaurant quality pesto - I mean for God's sake, the video only took 3 minutes and 30 seconds! Imho, the intent is for the everyday domestic cook.

[stefnutrition]

haha his accent is funny!!

[fabriporcodio]

Questo è tutto tranne che Pesto.....

[kamuleon]

He should be using Pecorino cheese too, it has a very good strong taste mixed with Reggiano is great, that should never be missed

[EmmaB979]

Ah according to Wikipedia you should never cook pesto that prob where i been going wrong.

[EmmaB979]

Pesto ice cubes...genius. I wish he said how long it will lsat in freezer tho. i sure i could maybe use a shaker thing not food processor as i not own one of those.

[mojoutube]

LOL! Love his accents.. always so lively & funny.

[bowlingballout]

Reggiano is currently $24.99 per pound... I think I'm going to opt for the crappy stuff until the dollar rebounds.

[gdldaniele]

Belin Giuan, t'e fetu n'inandiu che ciamalu pestu a l'è na giastemma!!!

Mettite a fa da checiup che foscia a te vegne ciu ben

[AmyWineHouse90]

yuuummmmyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy pestooo is gooooooooooddddd...pasta's so tasteful with itttt

[joachimpeter]

You need MUCH more olive oil than that. And you don't need an electric food processor.

(We see more oil, later)

(oil dripping off my screen now...)

[Marcus7476]

He puts too much garlic in his pesto. Otherwise it's good. Garlic in thre is good but not that much.

[cathlchen80]

Well... fresh basil, fresh garlic and not out the glas (what's that anyways), pignolias, extra virgine olive oil, some sea salt and ground Parmigiano-Reggiano That's how it works.

[kirby4blues]

His accent sounds kind of New Yorkish. I like it when he says 'onion' though, very French.

[liberopensieroberto]

I'm italian.

Pesto it's not this one!!!!!!

You make pesto by hand, no robot!

Roberto

[limbo74]

C'mon, how many people still make pesto with their hands?

Anyway, this video would have lasted 30 minutes if he had made it without the robot...that's the quickest way...

[pizzagorgonzola]

it takes minutes with a mortar if you roughly cut the basil leaves before u start, or if u use the variety with small leaves.

[Kevgio]

Sounds like the stone age to me =P

[pizzagorgonzola]

OK, but do u have actually have any reason to say that

i use a mortar, not just because u crush the leaves instead of cutting them (releasing more taste, and less bitterness), but also because i crush every ingredient separately, (something u could do with a machine), before mixing them together.

funny, u try to make me sound dogmatic (wouf wouf), but in fact, unless u have more to say, and that's very well posible, u are the dogmatic one.

[callagent007]

be sure this is the perfect demonstration of how to make something really far away from the original genoese pesto. LOL Federico From Genoa :-)

[robinckc]

STYLO MILO PESTO!!

[a24ktlady]

what does being french have to do with this? sheesh it is just a video on food.

get a grip on reality. Just watch it, see if it looks good or not go from there.

[FatalSonata]

dood this guy is good i like all his advice and i think that's really how you should look at all these youtube chefs no 1 person has the "right" recipe but as advice any one can donate that it's all about your flavor so no more hating

[cinemoica]

You're so not french !

[wasupwitya]

yeah, he's a faker.

[paradoxbox1]

hah coming from a quebecer? fucking frog!

[cinemoica]

Who cares if I'm from Quebec, I'm even proud of it. Where I'm from doesn't determine the validity of my opinion.

You say fucking frog ? I say fucking racist, imperialist and close-minded.

The point is : that chef is a fake. I'm not saying he's not good, but I don't understand why he has to fake an accent to get noticed.

[paradoxbox1]

you're just jealous because quebecer's aren't even real french people

[decliningglory]

Americans/canadians aren't even real english people.

[GoldDraconian]

Who in their right mind would want to be a real English person? Being a real English person means you have bad teeth, eat bad food, and your only form of entertainment is Coronation Street. None of these are desirable.

[ele12957]

He was born in France left when he was 11 and has admitted to having a speech impediment. His accent is real and he is a brillant chef.

[IamtheGrynch]

Why would he fake an accent? That doesn't seem a little absurd to you?

[cinemoica]

I know what a french accent actually sounds like. I speak french myself fluently and the prononciation isn't right at all. Ask any french speaking person from France or Quebec and you'll get the same opinion, I'm 100% sure.

[xeryph]

He is, he's lived in the US for many, many years.

[muthushiv]

Thanks Chef!

[Lonewolf8520]

Ma quanto cazzo d'aglio ci ha messo??? O è pazzo o il suo aglio non sa di nulla, ahha "we don't have to be traditional" what a dick, e alla fine dice che se ti va puoi anche mettercene di + di aglio, that's no pesto at all parola di ragazzo ligure.

Anzi, parola di Oil of olio! uahauahuhauahuaha

[Fakenamesareboring]

Would any of the people that are so proud of "real" pesto like to share the authentic recipe or post their own video? "Real pesto" doesn't show up on youtube search and "authentic pesto" only has one result. Perhaps someone could enlighten the rest of us with what the traditional recipe would be so that we could understand the contrast (and possible improvement) here.

[paradoxbox1]

it's mostly a lot of people making their own "version" of pesto. it's generally no different from other pesto you can find on the web. generally traditional pesto is made with a mortar and pestle, with basil, pecorino cheese from a specific region in italy, extra virgin olive oil, pine nuts and salt

[ritazovi]

spinaci???rucola???no dai questo è veramente fuori...ma guarda come ci mette l aglio..ma dimmi te..e che olio c ha messo sembra quello della mia moto..chissa che merda ma dimmi te..a bagno cazzo a bagno..belin da pazzi raga..

[mcjean9]

I'm glad there's more than one way to make pesto, my #1 favorite sauce, on pizzas, pastas, sandwiches - etc. Great using almonds or spinach.

[xeryph]

This isn't pesto..

[mzzlra]

Unfortunately.... this is NOT the right recepy! and believe me, it's so FAR to be the right one!

[ssmangrove20]

i like how people use their ethnic background as justification for their opinions on how they think pesto should taste.

[enry1976]

BLEAH! Disgustous :)

Parola di genovese... belin!

[jezz155]

what is this???sorry but this is not pesto alla genovese!!!

[xeryph]

A true chef knows that the best recipes are original ones that are revamped by someone else. Pesto can vary depending on it's maker, this is still traditional pesto people.

[pizzagorgonzola]

absolutely not !

[healingpeng30]

i dont care what everyone says. ur pesto is the best!!!

[latavernetta]

This is NOT pesto, bro.

please come to liguria to see the real pesto.

don't be blasphem

[mirokuit]

hey... that's not true! pesto with garlic sucks.

[dssmorrow]

No accounting for taste! I've got to go with the garlic!!!!

[pizzagorgonzola]

the real recipe for pesto requires garlic.

[sapinta]

yes, but not a truck of garlic!

[pizzagorgonzola]

i'm not saying you should use a lot of garlic, but the official recipe definitely contains garlic, real one, not out of a pot

[mirokuit]

O_O in pesto you don't have to add GARLIC! cmon! i can tell you! i'm italian! anyway.... the rest of the receipe was quite good. mikko

[GourmetLover]

Garlic makes everthing better!!! Especially pesto!

[railbuggy]

very useful condiments.

[molvo]

wow you'll be keeping the vampires away!

[lach119435]

huahahaahahah