🧾 What is it?
Barilla Pesto alla Genovese 190 g is a ready-made basil pesto sauce inspired by a traditional Ligurian Italian recipe. It is made from fresh, aromatic basil leaves, nuts and cheeses – ideal with pasta, as a dip, on pizza or as a seasoning for meat and vegetables.
🧪 Ingredients and allergens
Ingredients (approximate, based on available descriptions):
✔️ Sunflower oil
✔️ Basil (approx. 30 %)
✔️ Cashew nuts
✔️ Parmigiano Reggiano PDO cheese (~5 %) (milk)
✔️ Maize fibre
✔️ Whey powder (milk)
✔️ Salt
✔️ Milk proteins
✔️ Extra virgin olive oil
✔️ Sugar
✔️ Basil extract
✔️ Natural flavouring (milk)
✔️ Acidity regulator (lactic acid)
✔️ Garlic
Allergens:
⚠️ Contains tree nuts (cashews), milk and milk products, and eggs (egg lysozyme).
⚠️ May contain traces of other nuts.
✔️ Gluten-free – suitable for gluten-free diets.
📊 Nutritional values (per 100 g)
| Nutritional component | Value |
|---|---|
| Energy | ~1989 kJ / ~482 kcal |
| Fat | ~46 g |
| – of which saturated | ~5.3 g |
| Carbohydrates | ~9.8 g |
| – of which sugars | ~5.5 g |
| Fibre | ~5.0 g |
| Protein | ~4.7 g |
| Salt | ~3.25 g |
| *(Values vary depending on the country of sale, but are typically around these figures.) |
🍴 Taste and use
✔️ Flavour: an intense basil pesto with nutty and cheesy notes, delicately salty and aromatic.
✔️ Texture: a creamy, slightly chunky pesto sauce.
Recommended uses:
🍝 Pasta: Ideal for mixing directly with ‘al dente’ pasta (e.g. trofie, linguine, penne).
🥪 Dip / spread: On bread, a baguette or as a sandwich filling.
🍕 Pizza: Instead of, or alongside, a traditional tomato base.
🍗 Marinade or accompaniment: For chicken, fish or roasted vegetables.
📦 Storage
Once opened, keep in the fridge and use up within 5 days.
🧠 Summary
Barilla Pesto alla Genovese 190 g is a classic Italian basil pesto made from high-quality ingredients (basil, cashews, cheese, oil) with no added preservatives. It goes well with pasta, dips and other dishes, adding the distinctive flavour of Mediterranean cuisine. It has a relatively high fat and salt content, so a small amount is enough to deliver an intense flavour.
