Genovese Basil
The gold standard of culinary basils, Genovese produces large, intensely aromatic leaves with a rich, sweet flavor and subtle clove-like complexity that is the defining ingredient of classic Italian pesto, Caprese salad, and fresh pasta sauces. Its broad, glossy leaves are beautiful, fragrant, and prolific — one plant can fill the kitchen with the scent of Liguria all summer long. Pinch the flowers regularly to keep the leaves at their most flavorful and the plant producing abundantly.