Pesto

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups fresh basil
• 1/3 cup pine nuts
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves, peeled
• 1/2-3/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese (use good cheese, it makes all the difference!)

Recipe

• 1 put all ingredients except parmesan cheese into the blender and blend until the consistency you like (i like it a bit grainy but not chunky).
• 2 at this point, you can freeze batches in ziploc bags for later use.
• 3 for use now, add parmesan cheese and pour over pasta (i use a rigatoni because the texture captures the pesto well).
• 4 you could add some fresh or sun-dried tomatoes into the pasta with the pesto as well.