Creamy Red Pepper Pesto

Creamy Red Pepper Pesto for discerning tastes, but it does it all

Creamy Red Pepper Pesto is for discerning palates that love authentic, honest quality food. This gently rounded pesto is a pleasant surprise, pairing well with most types of meat, fish, and seafood. A delicious all-round pesto—also for vegetarian dishes and as a dip for, for example, veggie sticks, in a Buddha bowl, and with snack bread. Try it with rosemary grissini or Italian crackers. You can also season chicken fillet with Creamy Red Pepper Pesto, wrap it in bacon, and bake it in the oven—or toss the pesto through a quick pasta dish. Made to share with the people you care about.
Did you know that among bell peppers, the red variety is the healthiest, with the highest vitamin C content—and as much as eight times more vitamin A and beta-carotene (antioxidant) than the green? And red bell pepper looks really beautiful, too. That’s why Creamy Red Pepper Pesto is both decorative and very tasty. With its soft, mild character, hints of oregano and chili, and finished with a trio of delicious Italian cheeses, this pesto is almost irresistible. Keep it in the cupboard for easy use in most dishes. The pesto adds a wonderful touch of Italy to your food and brings joy to the table. Made for sharing.

Three Italian cheeses in perfect harmony with red bell pepper

You can taste the quality. Creamy Red Pepper Pesto is another Zelected product that shows a flair for combining flavors that pamper the palate. This all-round pesto is made with authentic delicacies from Italy. No fewer than three historic Italian cheeses—made from cow’s milk and sheep’s milk—feature as ingredients in the pesto: Grana Padano, Ricotta, and Pecorino Romano. Here’s a brief intro to each:
The production of the tradition-rich Grana Padano cheese dates back to the Cistercian monks at Chiaravalle Abbey in Lombardy, northern Italy. The cheese is made from unpasteurized milk from free-range cows grazing on the fertile farmland of the Po Valley. It’s aged for at least nine months. This creates a hard, crumbly cheese reminiscent of Parmesan, which is also a grana (grainy) type of cheese.
Ricotta is completely different. It’s a soft, mild fresh cheese with a slight sweetness. Technically, ricotta is a dairy product, as it’s made from whey left over after cheese production—slightly grainy in texture and low in fat. Delicious on its own and in blends—such as in Creamy Red Pepper Pesto.
The third and final cheese in Creamy Red Pepper Pesto is probably the oldest type of cheese—and certainly the most famous. Along with great flavor, it carries an exciting history: Pecorino Romano is known all the way back to Roman times. A cheese with the wings of history. The name “pecorino” means “sheep,” revealing that it’s a sheep’s cheese. It’s a hard sheep’s milk cheese with a distinctive salty taste, still produced authentically to this day using traditional methods. Soldiers back in Roman times probably ate Pecorino Romano differently and with different tools and sides than today, when we find it perfectly suited for grating over, for example, pasta or pizza—or adding to a delicious pesto.

Guests, everyday, and celebrations

When your success criteria for dinner is more ambitious than just getting full fast, Zelected Foods is ready with, among other things, Creamy Red Pepper Pesto. It’s a delicious all-round pesto that adds extra stars to your cooking every day of the week. In a busy everyday life, when food needs to go from hand to table, the pesto quickly becomes indispensable—and with its delicate taste, it blends beautifully into weekend brunches, party dishes, and meals for guests. This traditional Italian sauce, which pesto is, brightens both the table and the food with its beautiful color from red bell peppers, and it adds an enticing touch of the wonderful aromas and flavors of Italian cuisine. Creamy Red Pepper Pesto is for food you want to share with the people you care about—every day of the week.