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Basil pesto

January 16, 2008 by Jen

It’s that time of year when the basil is abundant. I always grow basil as it’s pretty easy to grow and I just love it. Basil can be used in salads – raw, and in cooking. I also love it as a base ingredient for pesto. As my basil was starting to flower I had to pick a lot of it to make into pesto. Because I’ve now trimmed my basil I’ll get more life out of the plants instead of going all woody.

Basil

The first time I made this pesto I followed some recipe or other but now I know the base ingredients I just put them all into the ancient food processor I have to blend.

The ingredients are:

  • fresh basil (of course)
  • pine nuts (I’ve also used walnuts and not noticed any real difference)
  • fresh garlic
  • olive oil
  • parmesan cheese

I don’t use set amounts but just keep blending and adding ingredients till it looks just about like pesto should. So that’s my really basic and bare-bones recipe.

If you’re after something a bit more precise and variations to the theme try this.

After I made my pesto I cooked up some pasta, put some leftover roast chicken and some of my fresh pesto and had a delicious meal. Mmmm, mmmm.

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Comments

  1. Jayne says

    January 16, 2008 at 11:41 am

    I love basil (we’ve got umpteen plants in The Spouse of The House’s herb garden), I’ll give your recipe a whirl. Thanks ๐Ÿ™‚

  2. Christine Parfitt says

    January 16, 2008 at 4:40 pm

    I love basil and basil pesto is delicious. In fact I’m off to cut some right now to put on home made pizza tonight :))

  3. jeanie says

    January 17, 2008 at 2:35 pm

    Ah – we get an really good basil crop here also, and pesto is a mainstay!!!

  4. tiff says

    January 17, 2008 at 2:48 pm

    I’m not sure about the taste of basil… I do like pesto sometimes. It sounds nice, your pasta dish.

  5. Babyamore (Trish) says

    January 18, 2008 at 5:28 pm

    sounds great – how long does it last – my – ‘potluck recipe ‘pesto went mouldy – grew some penicillin .
    I want a herb and little vegie garden to I am looking for tips.

  6. Jen says

    January 18, 2008 at 9:13 pm

    Mine lasts a week or two, but when you make it, put it in little containers that can go in the freezer. That way you have pesto when you want.

  7. Stacie says

    January 20, 2008 at 12:10 am

    My mom has a huge herb garden and I love her pesto…basil is such a rich herb…looks like you and JJ are having a great summer…that tent looks great, and I would be so proud of him too for staying in it all night!!!

  8. Jayne says

    January 20, 2008 at 8:27 am

    Tried it on tuna steaks last night -fabulous!
    Mentioned it in a recipe today ๐Ÿ˜‰

  9. Barbara says

    January 23, 2008 at 6:44 am

    I love basil and can’t wait until I get my vegie garden happening. I have already got some huge pots ready for my herbs. Your pesto recipe sounds good. I have bookmarked it to try it out as soon as my basil grows ๐Ÿ™‚

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