94 year old Isolina makes ’taggiaen’ pasta with basil pesto! | Pasta Grannies

94 year old Isolina from Liguria shares her memories and her way of making tagliolini (taggiaen in her dialect) with basil pesto and potatoes. Her pasta uses 600g 00 flour, 1 egg, 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and enough water to make a dough (roughly 200ml) Her pesto consists of 1 garlic clove crushed in 1 teaspoon rock salt, 4 bunches young basil leaves (100g) 3 tablespoons pine nuts, 3 tablespoons grated parmesan, 1 tablespoon grated Pecorino Sardo, extra virgin olive oil to taste. One large potato.
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