Saturday, July 11, 2009

Basil Pesto


I have a slew of new summer basil recipes because a patron of Cory's work brought him an enormous bag of fresh basil. So, here is the first one.

Ingredients for fresh summer basil pesto:
-3 cups of fresh basil leaves
-1 cup walnut
-1/2 cup pine nuts
-1 cup olive oil
-1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
-3 minced garlic cloves
-1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

This is a very simple recipe to make. Once you have gathered all of your ingredients, put everything but the olive oil in a food processor. Pulse ingredients about ten times to mix and combine. Slowly add olive oil while processor is going. Once olive oil is incorporated, you have pesto. Toss it with pasta, substitute for marinara on a pizza, or just eat it on crackers!

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