2007-04-16 10:17:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Pesto Recipe
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
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 months.
You can add pesto to fish, pasta or even salad or grilled steak.
2007-04-16 10:21:58 · answer #1 · answered by AMBER D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the store and buy pesto paste in the tomato paste section it is great- no one will know it is store bought- It is in a tooth paste tube!
2007-04-16 11:27:29 · answer #2 · answered by Ian and Tate's Mom 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
2 cups fresh basil, a handful of Parm/Romano/Asiago, about a quarter cup of toasted pine nuts, a few cloves of garlic, salt, pepper. Whiz that up in a food processor, and then drizzle in olive oil until it's the consistency you want.
2007-04-16 10:25:54 · answer #3 · answered by chefgrille 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
basil, a qood quality parm, pine nuts, olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper.. throw it in a blender and you're good to go.
2007-04-16 10:22:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the foodnetwork website!
2007-04-16 10:26:20 · answer #5 · answered by KR E 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋