Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, making pesto. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Making Pesto is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Making Pesto is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have making pesto using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Making Pesto:

1. Take 2 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves packed (50 grams)
2. Make ready 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
3. Make ready 1 cup plus 1 Tbs shaved/grated parmigiano reggiano cheese/ pecorino cheese mix
4. Get 1 to 2 cloves garlic (to taste)
5. Prepare 2 tbsp pine nuts
6. Get 1 tsp salt

Pick, roughly chop and add the basil leaves, then bash to a paste (or pulse in a food processor). Add the pine nuts (very lightly toast first, if you like) to the mixture and pound again, then stir in half the Parmesan. Drizzle in some oil - you need just enough to. Heat a dry frying pan over a low heat.

Instructions to make Making Pesto:

1. Pesto variation if no mortar and pestle: When using the blender, blend in steps for improved texture and to insure even blending. First basil, salt and garlic, and then nuts.
   1. Add cheese.
2. Last step, slowly incorporating the oil into the mix until desired consistency. Prep on blender method is only minutes!
3. For the "vero" Genovese Pesto you will need a mortar and pestle made of wood, patience and diligence. The first written Pesto recipe dates back to the 800's, and has for the most part, remained unchanged. First you must wash basil leaves in cold water. Dry on a towel. Using the mortar and pestle crush a clove of garlic for every thirty basil leaves. The garlic fragrance should be soft, and not over power the basil scent. Toss in a couple of grains of coarse sea salt. With the pestle, in a circular motion, continue to crush the leaves. Slightly rotate the pestle so there is no shearing of the fragrant leaves. Doing in this way, the essential oil of the basil leaves (kept in the veins) will provide the best flavor. When there is a bright green liquid you are ready to add nuts. Add a handful of pine nuts. Add cheeses: parmigiano-reggiano and pecorino. And finally, the add extra virgin olive oil. The processing must be carried out at room temperature and must finish in the shortest possibl

Drizzle in some oil - you need just enough to. Heat a dry frying pan over a low heat. Blitz until smooth or pulse for a chunkier consistency. Heat a small frying pan over a low heat. Cook the pine nuts until golden, shaking occasionally.

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