Pesto Making and tasting in Portovenere

Learn how to prepare the delicious basil Pesto, the typical Ligurian sauce made with basil leaves, pine nuts salt, and parmesan cheese. Together with a local lady, prepare all the ingredients and use the traditional mortar to pound - pestare - them all together and add extra virgin olive oil to make the unique taste of this bright green flavoring for pasta and the local "testaroli".
In the cozy kitchen of a Portovenere villa, surrounded by a colorful Mediterranean garden, enjoy a unique opportunity to learn, relax and taste genuine gestures and aromas.