How To Make Basil Parsley Pesto
With just 6 ingredients, you can already make this basil parsley pesto, a versatile sauce that’s great for pasta, barbecues, bread, pizza, and even soup.
Preparation: 15 minutes
Cooking:
Total: 15 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2½cupsbasil leaves,packed
- 1cupparsley leaves,packed
- ¼cuppine nuts,untoasted or toasted
- ½cupparmesan cheese,grated
- 2clovesgarlic,peeled
- ½cupextra virgin olive oil
- salt,to taste
Instructions
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To a food processor add basil, pine nuts, parmesan cheese and garlic and process mixture until finely minced, while occasionally scraping down sides of processor.
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Add olive oil and process until well pureed, occasionally scraping down the sides of the processor. Thin with a little more oil if mixture is thick, season with salt to taste.
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Store in refrigerator in an airtight container.
Nutrition
- Calories: 379.42kcal
- Fat: 37.79g
- Saturated Fat: 7.22g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 22.74g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 5.90g
- Carbohydrates: 3.55g
- Fiber: 1.08g
- Sugar: 0.64g
- Protein: 8.81g
- Cholesterol: 12.64mg
- Sodium: 265.74mg
- Calcium: 271.67mg
- Potassium: 201.11mg
- Iron: 2.20mg
- Vitamin A: 141.31µg
- Vitamin C: 23.19mg
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