The best basil pesto
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It's so easy to learn how to make pesto at home. This basil pesto recipe from Jamie Oliver is packed full of fresh flavour and is ready in five minutes.
Ingredients
Instructions
Peel and bash the garlic in a pestle and mortar with a pinch of sea salt.
Pick the basil leaves and add with the pine nuts, and pound to a coarse paste.
Muddle in the extra virgin olive oil and finely grate and stir in the Parmesan, adding a splash of water if you like it a little runnier, then continue bashing and pounding until smooth.
Have a taste and season with salt and black pepper, if needed. For a lovely creamy finish, try crumbling in and stirring through a cooked Jersey Royal. Serve with grilled meat or fish, or simply stirred through pasta – delicious!
Nutrition
- Calories
- 147 calories
- Carbohydrate Content
- 1.6 g
- Fat Content
- 14.2 g
- Fiber Content
- 0.3 g
- Protein Content
- 4.4 g
- Sodium Content
- 0.5 g
- Saturated Fat Content
- 2.9 g
- Sugar Content
- 0.4 g
