Pesto is a technique, not a recipe. Once you know the ratio of the herbs, nuts, cheese, and oil that make a great sauce, the Spin Its never stop. Rather than codifying one particular combination of ingredients, the goal of the Ultimate Pesto Ratio is to empower you and encourage experimentation. Make a pesto with whatever greens, herbs, cheeses and nuts you have on hand, without having to search for a new recipe every time. This formula is the only one you need.
For the deep dive on the Pesto Ratio, the written recipe, the ultimate chart of all the Spin Its, and advice on all the new combinations you can create, go to Food Processing and download the exclusive 11-page booklet.
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00:00 Intro
00:56 The O is for Options
02:54 Crowd-Sourced Combo
09:30 Three Tips for Storage
10:20 Perfect Pesto Imperfect Rhyming
11:09 Anything Is Pesto (If You Believe)
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Green Team, huddle up! I am here for all the combos you want to make.
I want to try making a dessert pesto as a topping for granitas, ice cream and cheesecake using mint, lavender oil, almond and honey. If that's too much, I'd just make it with a really good extra virgin olive oil. I love all the savory pestos, but I'm curious about making one that is sweet.
Love exploring different pesto greens/nuts combinations! Since we celebrate the gospel of cruciferous veg in this house, the best I've made was broccoli/walnut pesto and a bok choy/cashew pesto. I've also made a perilla leaf/pistachio pesto that turned out lovely.
i just used this ratio and played with the greens/nuts – OMG a new home staple (even when basil isn’t in season😉)
thats not a 101
I tried cashew, green onion, garlic, spinach and parmesan pesto right after watching this. I tossed a bit over halved cherry tomatoes with a splash of lemon and I am in love!
I must have missed that you made a YouTube channel and now I've got 2 years worth of cooking inspiration to catch up on, thanks!
If anyone has a nut allergy, my go to base "pesto" recipe (as someone who's had an allergy her whole life!): sunflower seeds, garlic, a little lemon, olive oil, parsley, basil (cheese optional IMO). Add avocado and cilantro to switch it up or dill and mint, so so many options to go with this! I need to adventure more with pepitas.
I've made pesto a million times, I never used a recipe and it was fine. But this was really delicious. I used mostly basil with some parsley, and toasted cashews. I didn't think I needed a recipe or a formula but I did
All the herbs, basil, cilantro, parsley and mint. Sometimes baby spinach. No cheese. One clove garlic. Walnuts (pine nuts are so expensive right now) s+p and olive oil. Maybe this is more of a salsa verde. And it freezes well!
All the herbs, basil, cilantro, parsley and mint. Sometimes baby spinach. No cheese. One clove garlic. Walnuts (pine nuts are so expensive right now) s+p and olive oil. Maybe this is more of a salsa verde. And it freezes well!
Real pesto should not be blended since it should not have heat introduced.
none made with a mortar and pestle???
Not the editor taking cues from Unhhh with these sound effects 🌈🌈
Finally got my hands on a bunch of fresh herbs today so I got to try this! I did almonds, parmesan, and a mix of basil and parsley and it turned out fantastic. Thanks Carla!
Thank you so much for teaching me this! I'm going to apply it to an arugula-spinach-walnut-asiago pesto zinged with a jalapeno that I tried and loved a few years ago.
this turned out so amazing!! the “spin it” mentality is so freeing and it really gets your gears turning for fun combos. it’s just so reassuring to have a foolproof ratio as a starting point before playing around! bravo!
Thank you, Carla, for enabling my first pesto – it turned out so much better than I could have imagined 💚💚💚
Karla you’re so rad I love your personality show in your videos 😂 youre always welcoming and make cooking comfortable to ease into 🩷 it’s a safe place here and I love it 🎉
Okay watching a Carla video with a Carla add, this woman is a queen!
Molly’s measuring cups! ✨ also #1282
That was fun to watch! Basil, mint, walnut, cotija and olive oil pesto coming up! (It's what i have) 😊
We enjoy the combo: basil, spinach, avocado, walnuts, parm and walnut oil.
Just used this method to make a basil, green onion, walnut and white miso pesto.
Thanks Carla!