Basil Pesto
Recipe: #9676
May 24, 2013
Categories: Salads, Sauce, Cheese, French, Greek, Italian, 5 Ingredients Or Less, 5-Minute Prep, One-Pot Meal, Brunch, No Eggs, Sugar-Free, Herbs, more
"This is a great way to preserve a lot of fresh basil. Simply add to freezer bags and place in the freezer until needed. Defrost and add to pasta sauces (cream or wine) or use as a sauce over fish. Makes about 2 1/4 cups"
Original is 6 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (38.4 g)
- Calories 242.9
- Total Fat - 25.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 3.8 g
- Cholesterol - 3.7 mg
- Sodium - 64.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 1.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.8 g
- Sugars - 0.3 g
- Protein - 3.3 g
- Calcium - 67.4 mg
- Iron - 0.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Add the garlic, walnuts, cheese, and olive oil to a food processor bowl.
Step 2
Pulse until a course paste begins to form.
Step 3
Add the basil and pulse until blended.
Step 4
Check the seasonings.
Step 5
Note: Pine nuts can be used in place of walnuts.
Tips
No special items needed.
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