Homemade green pesto - pesto alla genovese

Name: Homemade green pesto - pesto alla genovese
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: 1 oz fresh basil; 1 oz pine nuts; 1 oz parmesan (or 0.5 oz parmesan + 0.5 oz pecorino cheese); 1 garlic clove; 5 Tbsp olive oil; salt and pepper (to taste)

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Side dish

4 servings

Very Easy

5 min

The perfect sauce for your pasta, gnocchi, toasts and many more ! Very easy to prepare and so much better when it's homemade ;-)

Ingredients

1 oz fresh basil
1 oz pine nuts
1 oz parmesan (or 0.5 oz parmesan + 0.5 oz pecorino cheese)
1 garlic clove
5 Tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper (to taste)

Preparation

Wash the basil leaves then transfer them in a chopper. Add parmesan, pine nuts and degermed garlic clove.
Pour olive oil and then blend until you have an homogeneous texture.
Transfer the sauce in a container.
There you are, your pesto is ready !

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Observations

Level up your pesto skills : grill the pine nuts in a pan until golden. Cook the garlic in olive oil a few minutes. Leave to cool down and blend with the other ingredients and some pepper.

Cover the pesto with olive oil : it will last longer.