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‘Smells a bit honky’: Rachel Roddy tests the best (and worst) supermarket pesto

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Pesto alla Genovese, on the other hand, is a specific mixture of basil, pine nuts, garlic, parmesan, pecorino and olive oil.

I am a fan of pesto both generic and specific, and make it all the time.

I tasted the pestos straight from the jar and stirred through hot pasta.

Sainsbury ’s green pesto is not sweet nor savoury and tastes pappy.

Rodolfi pesto alla Genovese at least smelled of basil, which made me hopeful.

But I was disappointed by the sweet, slightly pappy flavour and oily aftertaste.