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Pesto

2 cups
Vegetarian Diet, Italian Cold Cuisine

Pesto is a great addition to pasta and salads. It can also be used as an appetizer served on small pieces of bread. You can't buy the freshness of this homemade pesto in the store. In addition, making homemade pesto provides you with huge savings if you use homegrown basil....

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... This is a 10 minutes mini project that is just a great deal. You can refrigerate this pesto for up to 2 months or keep it in your freezer for up to one year. Make sure that the pesto is fully covered with olive oil and the lid is tightly closed before placing it into a refrigerator/freezer.

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Chef Tom Chef Tom Founder
November 14, 2023
  • 10 min.
  • 10 min.
  • 1/5
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Ingredients:

Tools:

Directions:

1. Prepare pesto:

1.1. Place into your kitchen food processor:

2 cups of fresh basil leaves
½ cup of pine nuts
1 clove of garlic – whole
¾ cup of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
¼ TSP of salt
¼ TSP of ground pepper

Process on high speed until smooth (about 3 – 4 minutes).

1.2. Add:

½ cup of grated parmesan

Process until all ingredients are thoroughly incorporated (about 1 – 2 minutes).

1.3.

Taste and add olive oil, salt or pepper if needed.

1.4.

Place in clean small jars (no bigger than 4 oz) and add an extra layer of olive oil (about ¼ inch) on top of the pesto in each jar.

1.5.

For best results, let the pesto rest for at least one day in the refrigerator.

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Fruit and vegetables are nutritious, full of vitamins, and are very flavorful. Even if you are not interested in gaining the health benefits or appreciate the initial taste, fruit and vegetables are often very important for creating a final flavor in many meals (creating important flavor elements). The following are ways to wash, peel, and cut your produce. In this section, I’m not able to cover all fruits and vegetables but have chosen the most common ones. In this section I’m not able to cover all fruits and vegetables but have chosen the most common ones.

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If parts of the ingredients stick to the side of the kitchen food processor during processing, stop the kitchen food processor, and with a spatula, add it back into the mixture. Then, continue processing.

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