Pesto dressing?

[KittyTwoShoes]

I'm trying to recreate a delicious pasta dish I had on holiday but I'm struggling with the sauce. It was a pesto sauce, but rather than being a paste like pesto usually is it was more liquid-y, more like an oily dressing.

Does anyone know how to make pesto with that consistency? Preferably with shop-bought rather than home-made pesto...

I think all you'd do is add more oil. Pesto is oil-based anyway. A tablespoon of pesto let down with two more tablespoons of oil (and maybe a dash of balsamic/wine vinegar) would probably do the trick

It sounds like you need to add more olive oil. Home made pesto is soooo easy, lots of basil leaves, some pine nuts, freshly grated parmesan and extra virgin olive oil whizzed up in food proc or blender. The pesto I make is more sauce -y than paste -y.

The taste difference between shop and home made is vast, so do have a go if you can. If you don't make your own, then I'd say just add more extra virgin olive oil to the shop bought until you get the consistency you like. I might add more parmesan too to improve the flavour.

Oki doki, I'll give it a try. Thank you! And I'll have a go at making my own as well

But be warned... there's a bit of a world shortage of pine-nut kernels these days and just 100g will set you back over £3!