Perfect Basil Pesto

How to make pesto recipe

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Recipe by: Perfect Italiano
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Difficulty

Easy

Category

Cuisine

Prep: 10 mins

Makes: about 1 cup

Serves: 8

Homemade pesto only takes 10 minutes to make and is so very easy to master. Stir pesto through pasta, spread it on pizzas or use in your favourite salads.

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Perfect Basil Pesto

Ingredients:

⅓ cup pine nuts, toasted 3 cups basil leaves 1 garlic clove, roughly chopped ⅔ cup (80 g) Perfect Italiano™ Parmesan Grated ⅔ cup (165 ml) olive oil

Method:

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Place the pine nuts, basil, garlic, parmesan and olive oil in a small food processor.
Whizz until finely chopped.

Tips & Hints:

Pesto will keep for 2-3 days in a sterilised jar in the fridge. Be sure to add an extra 1-2cm of olive oil to cover the surface which help prevent pesto from oxidising and going brown.

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