Name: Homemade Pesto
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: Packed fresh basil leaves - 4 cups; Italian parsley - ¼ cup; Garlic, peeled and lightly crushed - 2 cloves; Pine nuts - 1 cup; Shredded Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese - 1 ½ cups; Fresh lemon juice - 1 tablespoon; Extra-virgin olive oil, or more as needed - ½ cup; Salt and ground black pepper to taste - ½ cup

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.