Basil Pesto recipe

Basil Pesto

Pesto means sauce.

If you have too much fresh Basil leaves in your garden, use it to make it into sauce.

I use the sauce to serve it with pasta.

Fresh basil leaves

 

 

Pine nuts and garlic

Ingredients

70 gm fresh Basil leaves

25 gm roasted pine nuts or walnuts

2 cloves garlic

½ cup extra virgin olive oil

Salt and ground black pepper to taste

½ cup parmesan cheese

Procedure

Blend Basil leaves, nuts, garlic and oil into paste in a food processor.

Season it with salt and pepper.

Transfer it into a bowl.

If you are using it immediately, add parmesan cheese.

Otherwise store it in an air-tight glass container and place it in a refrigerator or freeze it.

Allow me to share with you how I cook the Basil pesto for my pasta :

Blend a brown onion. Heat a pan. Sprinkle some extra virgin olive oil. Saute the onion till golden brown. Add in Basil pesto. Stir and mix together. Add more salt or pepper to taste. If you love having more cheese, add another ¼ cup of parmesan cheese. Turn off heat.



Cooked basil pesto with additional cheese