Pesto: Super Easy, Bright, and Refreshing
This is a must eat dish during sunny days, and picnics. Put it on pasta, fries, salads, anything. It's a classic dish that all picky eaters will eat. Although best eaten fresh as the oils of the basil will give it a little kick, this can be made ahead and stored for any celebration.
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 2 Tsp Black Pepper
- 1 Tsp Salt
- 7 Garlic Cloves
- 1 C Olive Oil (Add more or less for desired consistency)
- 2 C Basil (reserve ¼ cup for some textured
- Juice of Half a Lemon
- 1 Small Handful Toasted Walnuts (Preferred Toasted, Toasting instruction below, or Toasted Pine Nuts)
- 3 Oz Parmesan (Cut in Chunks or Grana Padano or Romano)
Instructions
Procedure:
- In a food processor, blender, or mortar and pestle, blend together the Olive Oil, Most of the Basil (if wanted), Salt, Pepper, Garlic, and Lemon Juice into a paste/sauce
- Add in the reserved Basil (for that extra difference in Basil texture if wanted), Parmesan, and Walnuts. Pulse until desired texture of the Nuts and Cheese is reached.
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Notes
To toast nuts, spread them on a baking sheet and put them in a 350F oven for 3-5 minutes or until golden brown.
Reserve some Basil and blend at different times for a more varied texture of Basil leaf
Add more or less Olive Oil based on one's desired thickness of sauce.