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Pesto Recipe

pesto

Cuisine: Italian
Author: Bhavani Jaroff
Prep time:
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Ingredients
  • 4 cups Basil leaves
  • 8 cloves garlic
  • ? – ? cups toasted pine nuts
  • 1 cup grated Parmesan and Romano cheese (either one or combination)
  • 1 cup Olive Oil
  • ? teaspoon salt
  • ? t. pepper
Instructions
  1. In food processor, pulse the basil until finely chopped.
  2. Add garlic cloves, salt, pepper and pine nuts.
  3. Pulse some more, occasionally scraping down sides to incorporate all of the mixture. When fully pureed, add the parmesan cheese and pulse some more.
  4. Finally,while the food processor is on, add the olive oil and blend.

Step by Step Instructions

Measure basil

basil cup

Place in food processor and pulse

basil processor 2

Add pine nuts, garlic, salt, pepper and pulse

pine nuts

basil processor 3

Add parmesan cheese and pluse

cheese

While food processor on, add oil

basil processor 4

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