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4 oz pine nuts, about 1/2 cup
2 tbsp lemon juice, fresh
1/2 lemon, zest
1/2 teaspoon, garlic salt
1/4 tsp black pepper, freshly ground
2 cups basil leaves, fresh
¼ cup olive oil, extra virgin
¼ cup parmesan cheese, freshly grated
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Fresh basil is one of the most beautiful ingredients in the world to use and if you new to home cooking with basil I have one recipe I want you to start with it’s an absolute basic this is my recipe for delicious homemade pesto like And subscribe for more easy dinner recipes
In a small pan over medium low heat you’re going to toast the pine nuts for 2 to 3 minutes don’t add any oil or butter just stir them regularly until lightly browned and be careful not to burn them add pine nuts to a food processor with lemon juice juice lemon
Zest garlic salt and black pepper pulse this mixture a few times to rough chop it together you want to scrape down the sides of the food processor with the spatula add the basil leaves pulse until everything is combined with the food processor running on low gradually drizzle in the extra virgin olive oil
Once Incorporated turn off the machine and scrape down the sides add the grated Parmesan cheese to the food processor and pulse until well combined if the pesto is too thick you could add a little bit more olive oil I don’t usually find that to be the case to
Serve with pasta do not heat up the basil promise me on all accounts that you will absolutely never cook basil again all right toss warm freshly cooked to Al Dente pasta in a large bowl with the pesto avoid cooking the pesto in a hot pan it’ll completely alter the
Flavor and you have fresh yummy pesto it’s perfect as is if using chilled pesto from the fridge consider adding a little melted butter to it to help thin it out if you want you can also use fresh pesto in the sipo recipe for Menon soup it adds so much flavor to add a
Tablespoon of this to a bowl of soup don’t forget to sign up for the sipo free recipe newsletter cheers