My Simple Pesto Recipe
My Simple Pesto Recipe

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, my simple pesto recipe. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

My Simple Pesto Recipe is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. My Simple Pesto Recipe is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have my simple pesto recipe using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make My Simple Pesto Recipe:
  1. Prepare packed Fresh Basil, leaf and stems (8 ounces by weight ) approximately 3 cups packed
  2. Make ready Extra virgin olive oil
  3. Make ready Parmesan cheese, fresh grated (not processed)
  4. Prepare Garlic
  5. Take Kosher salt or Sea salt (Do not use table salt/ Iodized salt for cooking or for consumption)
  6. Make ready Equipment Needed:
  7. Make ready dry cup measure
  8. Make ready liquid measure
  9. Prepare measure
  10. Prepare measure
  11. Take Collander/Strainer
  12. Get Optional: small scale (for weighing basil)
  13. Prepare Food processor or blender
Steps to make My Simple Pesto Recipe:
  1. Wash Basil in sink and drain with Collander/ Strainer
  2. Place in food processor (or blender) in order; garlic cloves, basil, parmesan cheese, 1/2 the olive oil, then pulse
  3. Slowly add rest of olive oil while pulsing
  4. Keep pulsing until wet sand consistency, should be uniform in size and texture.
  5. Taste, add 1/2 tsp of kosher salt if needed, never use table salt as it should never be used for cooking, or consumption in my opinion.
  6. Store in refrigerator (will last at least 1 week - can be frozen if making larger batches).
  7. Put away food and wash equipment and let dry
  8. Mix or add to favorite foods for fun twists (Great on; pasta, pizza, in sauces, hummus, salad dressing, dips, mayonnaise, potato salad, gnocchi)
  9. Note: I have used both a food processor and a good blender (Ninja) both worked for me. It is important to put the cheese on top of the basil to help hold down the basil for a smoother and consistent texture through out.

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