Homemade Pesto
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Cooking:
15 min.
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Servings per container:
6
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Ingredients for - Homemade Pesto

1. Packed fresh basil leaves - 4 cups
2. Italian parsley - ¼ cup
3. Garlic, peeled and lightly crushed - 2 cloves
4. Pine nuts - 1 cup
5. Shredded Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese - 1 ½ cups
6. Fresh lemon juice - 1 tablespoon
7. Extra-virgin olive oil, or more as needed - ½ cup
8. Salt and ground black pepper to taste - ½ cup

How to cook deliciously - Homemade Pesto

1. Stage

Place basil, Italian parsley, and garlic into a food processor, pulse several times to combine, and process until basil is finely chopped, about 30 seconds. Add pine nuts to basil mixture; process until finely chopped, 30 more seconds. Process Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese into mixture until finely ground.

2. Stage

Mix lemon juice into mixture with the machine running; slowly drizzle olive oil into pesto in the running machine until incorporated and pesto is thoroughly combined. Turn off machine and season pesto to taste with salt and black pepper.