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Pesto Sauce Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Yadikay / All my dishes 2 years, 1 month ago easy pesto for pasta, pizza or sandwiches. Prep:3m Cook:3m Servings:4	Yadikay
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Ingredients

2 cups fresh basil leaves, packed

1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1/2 cup Olive oil

3 tablespoons pine nuts or walnuts

3 garlic cloves, finely minced

Directions

Place basil leaves in small batches in food processor and whip until well chopped (do about 3/4 cup at a time).

Add about 1/3 the nuts and garlic, blend again.

Add about 1/3 of the Parmesan cheese; blend while slowly adding about 1/3 of the olive oil, stopping to scrape down sides of container.

Process basil pesto it forms a thick smooth paste.

Repeat until all ingredients are used, mix all batches together well.

Serve over pasta.

Basil pesto keeps in refrigerator one week, or freeze for a few mont

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zena824 2 years, 1 month ago said:
Mmmmmm... this sounds so good.... I love italian food...

trigger 1 year, 7 months ago said:
I grow so much basil I end up making lots of pesto,
so I end up freezing lots of it.
Sometimes I will blend up the leaves with a small amount of water and pour it into ice cube trays then use them up in soup as needed.
Michael

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