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Recipe of Award-winning Basil pesto

 ·  ☕ 3 min read  ·  ✍️ Lottie Fletcher
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Basil pesto

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, basil pesto. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Basil pesto is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Basil pesto is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have basil pesto using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Basil pesto:
  1. Take 1/4 cup pine nuts
  2. Get 1 cup fresh basil loosely packed
  3. Prepare 1 cup fresh parsley loosely packed
  4. Get 3 TBLS minced garlic
  5. Make ready 1 TSP kosher salt
  6. Take Several grinds fresh black pepper
  7. Prepare 2 TBLS lemon juice
  8. Prepare 3 TBLS olive oil
  9. Make ready 1/2 cup fresh parmesan cheese

Pour mixture onto a large sheet of plastic wrap; roll into a tube shape and seal. Store in the refrigerator until needed. Heat a small frying pan over a low heat. Cook the pine nuts until golden, shaking occasionally.

Steps to make Basil pesto:
  1. In a small pan toast pine nuts over medium heat. Let cool.
  2. In a food processor or blender (I find a food processor works better) place the basil, parsley, and nuts and pulse till it becomes a rough paste. You may need to use a spatula to push down mixture in-between pulses.
  3. Add in the rest of the ingredients and pulse till smooth.
  4. Enjoy

Heat a small frying pan over a low heat. Cook the pine nuts until golden, shaking occasionally. Put into a food processor with the basil, parmesan, olive oil and garlic cloves. Whizz until smooth, then season to taste. The basil I used was extremely flavorful bursting with a healthy and wholesome taste and the color was beautiful.

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