Basil Pesto Recipe
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This homemade pesto is quick and easy to make, and so much better than store bought! This pesto recipe makes delicious basil pesto, perfect for tossing with pasta, using as a sauce for pizza, spreading on sandwiches, spooning over grilled chicken or salmon, and more!
Ingredients
Instructions
First, toast the pine nuts. Place them in a small skillet on the stove over medium-low heat. Toast until fragrant and lightly browned, stirring occasionally. This will only take a few minutes. Then remove the pine nuts from the hot pan and let them cool.
In the bowl of a food processor, combine the basil leaves, pine nuts, grated Parmesan, garlic, salt and pepper. Pulse until finely chopped.
With the food processor running, slowly pour the olive oil in a steady stream through the feed tube. Process until incorporated, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
Nutrition
- Serving Size
- 1 /4 cup
- Calories
- 410 kcal
- Carbohydrate Content
- 5 g
- Protein Content
- 7 g
- Fat Content
- 42 g
- Saturated Fat Content
- 6 g
- Cholesterol Content
- 11 mg
- Sodium Content
- 366 mg
- Fiber Content
- 1 g
- Sugar Content
- 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat Content
- 33 g
