Change Up Your Pesto By Substituting Basil With One Flavorful Ingredient - Chowhound

Westend61/Getty Images The word pesto is a past-tense form of the Italian word pestare, which means to crush. This definition is actually more important than it may seem, because, indirectly, it suggests that the crushed ingredients in pesto could be anything so long as they're smashed into a sauce-like consistency. Traditionally, pesto is made with crushed basil, but it doesn't have to be. Pesto made with other…