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is pesto worth making at home if we look at the cost time and reward involved or are you better off with shop bought version whatever method you choose homemade pesto is incredibly low in effort and time the traditional pestle and mortar method clocked in at 8 minutes for me and if you put the same pine nuts garlic basil oil parmesan and pecorino in a blender you can get it down to as little as 4 minutes either way if pasta was on the menu it’d still be boiling so as far as time and effort goes it gets the approval now for the cost cheap shop pesto does in fact rank lowest and homemade does jump up a bit but still ranks lower than a higherend shop pesto now that could be a fair or pass depending on how you look at it but where there’s no question is when it comes to reward just by the color difference you can tell how much more flavorful homemade is you could say it’s not even fair comparing them because of how different they taste so as far as reward goes it gets an easy pass from me putting homemade pesto overall is definitely worth it
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Only if you use morter and pestle is your thing an actual pesto, blended you might as well buy.
Loved this format, so information dense in such a small amount of time, it scratches an itch in the brain.
Brother using the blender does not make it pesto
Another nice thing about homemade pesto – it doesn't have to contain pine kernels 😁
😂 is that the correct sound effect from MathsWatch
The store-bought has a sickly acidic taste to it that tastes vile.
I love homemade pesto but, even with a cheaper nut like walnuts (which I prefer) it’s a lot more pricy. The walnuts are like AUD$5, the basil is at least $3, the cheese will be $5… even the priciest jar is $6-7.
Genius
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Pesto: Just Basil
Olive Oil
Garlic
Cheese?
Noooo u need to blanch that basil bud ,
I pipe homemade pesto into ice cube bags with a piping bag and freeze it. Then you can simply press the pesto cubes out of the foil, portion them out as you like and take them out whenever you need them. They'll probably keep in good shape in the freezer for probably six months, but in our case they won't last a single one.
Little tip: In addition to olive oil, add some crushed ice when mixing in the blender. This prevents color loss through temperature regulation.
Looks like little gross twisty worms
home cooking is always worth it
Love the concept of this video. Look forward to more in the series!!
The problem is pine nuts are approximately £15,000/g
The only place in America I can find decent pesto is trader joes. Every store bought pesto uses nasty tasting oils and its awful. You must use only olive oil for good pesto! Also I make it without pinenuts to save 💲 and its fine.
How is the flavour difference between blended vs grinded?
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It's amazing, but you'll need a fuck ton of basil, more than you think. I hate the taste of jarred pesto tbh
Honestly ever since I learned how to cook, the only thing I'd buy outside is something I can't make on my own 😂
Using a blender just makes it not pesto anymore