Pesto

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 4 cups
  • Total: 10 min
  • Prep: 10 min
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Ingredients

1/4 cup walnuts

1/4 cup pignolis (pine nuts)

3 tablespoons chopped garlic (9 cloves)

5 cups fresh basil leaves, packed

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1 1/2 cups good olive oil

1 cup freshly grated Parmesan

Directions

  1. Place the walnuts, pignolis, and garlic in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Process for 30 seconds. Add the basil leaves, salt, and pepper. With the processor running, slowly pour the olive oil into the bowl through the feed tube and process until the pesto is thoroughly pureed. Add the Parmesan and puree for a minute. Serve, or store the pesto in the refrigerator or freezer with a thin film of olive oil on top.

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Mary Jane Harris

I followed the recipe with these added steps. I soaked my garlic cloves in boiled water. This mellows the garlic. I also roasted the pine nuts and walnuts. This step may not have made much of a difference over all. I added the juice of a half of a lemon. I love the taste and texture. I used fresh parmesan cheese and did not include the stems of the basil in the pesto. Delicious.

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