Pesto alla Genovese - 500gPesto alla Genovese 500 gram jar Liguria, Italy A registered DOP pesto made with 100% authetic Genevoese basil. About the Pesto: The nucleus of modern day pesto starts in North Africa and India, where basil becomes the main ingredient. Basil pesto takes hold in Provence (as pistou) and Liguria (as pesto alla genovese). A recipe was published in La Cuciniera Genovese in the 1860s, and the dish moved with its immigrants to the New World. Of course,