Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, very simple pesto. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Combine basil leaves, pine nuts or walnuts and garlic in a food processor and process until very finely minced. With the machine running slowly dribble in the oil and process until the mixture is smooth. Add the cheese and process very briefly, just long enough to combine.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have very simple pesto using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Very Simple Pesto:
- Take 1 bunch Basil
- Prepare 30 grams Pine nuts
- Get 7 (Basil) olives
- Prepare 25 ml Olive oil
- Make ready 25 grams Parmesan cheese
- Take 1 Garlic piece
- Prepare 1 Grinded pepper
- Take 5 ml Any vinegar
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Instructions to make Very Simple Pesto:
- Put all the basil and pine nuts in the mortar, grind it until it is nice and smooth.
- Slice the olives and the piece of garlic in little pieces and grind ad well, put in the cheese too.
- Now add the vinegar, I prefer balsamic vinegar, but it's up to you. Also add some pepper and a little olive oil. Grind it one more time to make sure there are no big olive chunks any more and everything is mixed well.
- This is a optional step; put any bread you like in the oven. Before putting it in the oven, put some olive oil on top of the bread pieces. Heat the oven on 180°F Celcius and remove the bread from the oven when they are nice, golden and crunchy. Smear the pesto on top of the toast. Bon apetit!
You can also use your favorite pasta in this recipe. Shells, fusilli or fettuccine are great options. Similarly, this recipe is great without the meat, just with pesto sauce and parmesan. Basil Pesto is simple enough to make but this recipe for the BEST Basil Pesto has a few tricks that make it absolutely outstanding. Quick, easy and freezer friendly, blend up a big batch to take you through the winter months.
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