Basil Pesto
This week in the household, it was filled of garlic, basil and pine nuts! And i love it!!
It takes me way back in high school when I made my first pesto sauce and it turned out awful! Our group just decided to add in parsley more than the basil and it tasted like soupy, oily blended grass. it was horrible!
So going back into the old recipe books, and a little alteration to my taste preference minus the parsley, I have now a nice recipe of it and I'd like to share it with you guys! Hope you enjoy it too!
You'll be needing
20-30g of basil leaves
60g pine nuts, toasted
4 small cloves or 2 big cloves or garlic
80g Extra virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons of pure sea salt
1/2 tsp of pepper
100g pecorino cheese or parmesan cheese
In a food processor add the pine nuts and pulse till quite coarse. then add the basil leaves and garlic and pulse till quite fine.
add the olive oil bit by bit til everything is well blended, you can scrape the the sides of the food processor from time to time as sometimes the pine nuts and basil get stuck to the upper part and not get mixed in.
add the salt and pepper til and mix thoroughly and voila!! you have your pesto!
Just alter the recipe to your saltiness or cheesiness.
As one of my favorite chefs said "Cooking is more of a theory. It shouldn'
t be a step by step accurate procedure, it should be a great experiment and art at the same time." - Chef Marco Pierre White
So have fun in the kitchen! And start simple with this Pesto Recipe and remember to always taste your food before serving!
Hope you guys enjoyed this recipe! Have a great weekend!
It takes me way back in high school when I made my first pesto sauce and it turned out awful! Our group just decided to add in parsley more than the basil and it tasted like soupy, oily blended grass. it was horrible!
So going back into the old recipe books, and a little alteration to my taste preference minus the parsley, I have now a nice recipe of it and I'd like to share it with you guys! Hope you enjoy it too!
You'll be needing
20-30g of basil leaves
60g pine nuts, toasted
4 small cloves or 2 big cloves or garlic
80g Extra virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons of pure sea salt
1/2 tsp of pepper
100g pecorino cheese or parmesan cheese
In a food processor add the pine nuts and pulse till quite coarse. then add the basil leaves and garlic and pulse till quite fine.
add the olive oil bit by bit til everything is well blended, you can scrape the the sides of the food processor from time to time as sometimes the pine nuts and basil get stuck to the upper part and not get mixed in.
add the salt and pepper til and mix thoroughly and voila!! you have your pesto!
whats cool about pesto its a no cook recipe so once you store it in the fridge, just bump out some pasta and boil it then add the pesto the hot pasta and you got lunch!
Just alter the recipe to your saltiness or cheesiness.
As one of my favorite chefs said "Cooking is more of a theory. It shouldn'
t be a step by step accurate procedure, it should be a great experiment and art at the same time." - Chef Marco Pierre White
So have fun in the kitchen! And start simple with this Pesto Recipe and remember to always taste your food before serving!
Hope you guys enjoyed this recipe! Have a great weekend!
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