basilico rosso

/bah-ZEE-lee-koh ROHS-soh/
[Italian]

"Red basil." I suspect that this is purple basil, a variety of basil with reddish-purple leaves, narrow in shape, used in beef and fish dishes. Red basil sometimes refers to a type or perilla, but I don’t think this is perilla.

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