Sun-dried tomatoes, fresh basil, and garlic blended in olive oil until smooth. This Sun-Dried Tomato Pistou is delicious and so simple to make with only five ingredients.
This sun-dried tomato pistou. Look at its vibrancy.
I can’t even begin to describe how good it tastes.
If you love fresh pesto and sun-dried tomatoes, this is definitely something you have to try. Soon.
I confess. I had no idea what pistou was until about a month ago when I ordered arborio rice with pistou from Farmstead. And that’s only after I looked it up online.
Pistou is a variation of pesto that originated from France. In pesto, you have fresh basil, olive oil, pine nuts, garlic, and parmesan. In pistou, you really only need basil, garlic, and olive oil. Apparently, pesto varies from region to region depending on the ingredients that are available, which makes sense, and the name changes too. The area where pistou originated from didn’t have nuts so it was omitted from the sauce.
But no matter which you’re trying to make, pesto or pistou, the ingredients are simple and easy to obtain. Plus, you can blend them together in less than 5 minutes.
I wanted something different this time to eat with my pasta.
This version of pistou includes sun-dried tomatoes. And oh my gosh, you really really need to give this a try ASAP.
The slight tartness of sun-dried tomatoes blended with fresh basil is soo delicious. You can eat it with pasta, on toast, on crackers, as a dip. The possibilities are endless.
You want to use sun-dried tomatoes that are packed in oil. But I drained the oil before using it.
Add the sun-dried tomatoes, fresh basil leaves, olive oil, a clove of garlic, and salt to a food processor or a blender. You can start with about a 1/4 teaspoon salt and add more to taste. Process or blend them until they become smooth to your liking.
That’s it.
Less than 5 minutes to prep and make.
So what are you waiting for?
Make a fresh batch of these sun-dried tomato pistou for your next snack or meal.
Enjoy!
- 1 cup sun-dried tomatoes in oil, drained
- 1 cup fresh basil leaves
- 1 clove of garlic, minced
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- ¼ + ⅛ teaspoon salt
- Add all the ingredients into a food processor or blender, then process or blend them until they become smooth to your liking.
Sounds awesome!
I’m on my way to the store to buy the sun dried tomatoes – I have the fresh basil and garlic. Looks delicious! Thanks.
Everything on your blog looks so pristine and pretty!
Sifting through it is amazing. <3
Also, I had some of the packaged version of this, before. Definitely going to try making it.
This sounds great, thanks for introducing me to pistou
i will have to try to make pistou while I still have fresh basil growing on the porch.
I’m definitely going to make this. I used to make my own pesto but pine nuts have become prohibitively expensive so this is a great variation.
Wow! This looks great!! I’m trying it!
Ooh, that looks delicious! Definitely making that later this week! 🙂
Looks amazing….I am going to be “oven” drying some of the bounty from my garden, going to give this a try!!
Can’t wait to make this – looks and sounds amazing and too easy! Yum, yum.