Basil Pesto Sauce
This is the Pesto sauce I have come to consider my standby...I make it all summer with fresh garden basil, and throughout the year with basil I have frozen.
There are many ways to make a pesto, but Basil is probably the most well-known...watch this blog for other pesto sauces!
Basil Pesto Sauce
My oldest and most trusted basil pesto recipe...you can't beat the fresh basil flavor of a pesto made fresh and served over hot pasta!
- Author
- Chef Lisa Rembold
- Prep Time
- 15 minutes
- Servings
- 4
- Category
- sauces
Ingredients
- 2 cups fresh basil leaves, no stems
- 2 Tbsp pinenuts or walnuts
- 2 large cloves garlic
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup softened butter
Directions
- Combine basil leaves, pine nuts or walnuts, softened butter and garlic in a food processor until you have a very finely minced mixture.
- With the processor running slowly, begin to drizzle in the evoo, and process until the entire mixture is smooth, and paste-like.
- Add the parmesan cheese, process just until combined into the pesto.Toss immediately with hot cooked pasta.
