Ingredients
1 jar(s)
Pesto
- 1 cup firmly packed basil leaves
- 80 g extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra to top
- 50 g pine nuts
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled
- 60 g parmesan, cubed
- Sea salt to taste
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6
2min
Preparation 2minBaking/Cooking -
7
easy
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Recipe is created forTM 31
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Recipe's preparation
Place parmesan cubes in TM bowl. Grate 10 sec, speed 9. Scrape out parmesan and set aside.
Put garlic in TM bowl. Mince 3 - 5 sec, speed 7. Scrape down sides.
Add basil, oil, pine nuts, and salt to TM bowl. Turbo pulse a few times until the desired consistancy is achieved.
When evenly blended, stir in grated parmesan 5 sec, speed 5.
Spoon pesto into clean dry screw top jars. Press down with the back of a spoon to ensure there are no air pockets and seal with a film of olive oil. Store in the refrigerator.
Pesto Method
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Tip
I usually use cashew nuts instead of pine nuts, just because I prefer the flavour.
If you have enough basil on hand, you can make 3x the quantities of this recipe successfully in the Thermomix at once.
The layer of oil on top creates a seal, so that air does not oxidise the basil leaves, keeping your pesto a bright green. However, if a little oxidisation does occur around the top, it does not effect the flavour at all and is still perfectly ok to eat.
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Comments
Add a commentThis is fantastic. A great way to use up my excess...
This is fantastic. A great way to use up my excess basil. Thanks.
So much basil in the garden...
So much basil in the garden
The basil flavour was a bit powerful so I added spinach leaves... and hey pesto.
I’m in the kitchen....and garden too.... picking...
I’m in the kitchen....and garden too.... picking fresh🌱basil.
👍👍. Many🙏thanks for this yummy recipe.
PS. this freezes really well.
So delicious stir through chicken and broccoli,...
So delicious stir through chicken and broccoli, family loves it. Definitely no leftovers😋
Yummy! I doubled the garlic and used macadamia...
Yummy! I doubled the garlic and used macadamia nuts for a triple batch.
A quick & tasty PESTO...
A quick & tasty PESTO
I used pepitas instead of pine nuts. Have made this twice and have stirred through stir fried chicken strips and zoodles. Yum!
yummmm
yummmm
This pesto is beautiful my kids love this.I will...
This pesto is beautiful my kids love this.I will be using it with everything I can bring on the pasta dinners. Thanks for sharing
This recipe never disappoints
This recipe never disappoints
Tastes great...
Tastes great
Made per recipe. Oil blended in well. Placed in small glass mason jar, covered with 2 teaspoons of oil to maintain colour. Used half for dinner last night to make a quick pasta dish with chicken and the pesto stirred through, yummo!
Delicious and easy recipe! My 10yo made a double...
Delicious and easy recipe! My 10yo made a double batch using 3 cloves of garlic in total, and a mix of basil and oregano from her herb garden. I lightly toasted the pine nuts in a dry frypan as I think it gives a tastier end result.
Lovely pesto - a keeper!...
Lovely pesto - a keeper!
made this exact to the specs except used 70gm EVOO (but probably covered it with another 10gm of oil once covered and refrigerated! Might be helpful to others I weighed the jam packed 1 cup basil leaves at 35gm, and I used 3 cloves of garlic in the end I divided it to 2 servings (2 parents/ 2 young kids) great consistency and will try and freeze some as I would love to have this ready for quick meals x
Great recipe, excellent flavour! Used this to stir...
Great recipe, excellent flavour! Used this to stir through some Gnocchi.
I added the parmasen and then slowly stired in the olive oil with the MC still on at the end; speed 3-4
About to make. Roughly How long would this last in...
About to make. Roughly How long would this last in the fridge? Thanks
Quick and easy, reduced oil by 30 grams only for...
Quick and easy, reduced oil by 30 grams only for my preference.
Basil Pesto - Perfect! I use Percorino Romano from...
Basil Pesto - Perfect! I use Percorino Romano from my local continental grocer and the tender (non-woody) basil stems as well as the leaves. Thanks for sharing!
Delicious. Added 4 drops of doterra lemon...
Delicious. Added 4 drops of doterra lemon essential oil at the end but otherwise followed exactly. Delicious! Thanks so much for sharing.
Delicious! I left the garlic out but used a garlic...
Delicious! I left the garlic out but used a garlic infused olive oil to make it more FODMAP friendly.
Thank you a quick easy recipe that is great as a...
Thank you, a quick easy recipe that is great as a pizza sauce
Quick easy and yum I didnt have parmesan so I just...
Quick easy and yum. I didn't have parmesan so I just whizzed some mature cheddar instead. Yummy
Quick and yummy
Quick and yummy
Delicious!
Delicious!
Love this recipe...so easy
Love this recipe...so easy and so tasty. Thanks.
My MIL always freezers her
My MIL always freezers her pesto. I have a veggie patch full of basil so I am about to make a whole heap and freeze it.
Simple, quick &
Simple, quick & tasty...that's how I like to cook & this meets my criteria.
Easy to make, delicious! Used
Easy to make, delicious!
Used as a marinade for my chicken breasts to make them a bit more interesting.
Added cooking cream and
Added cooking cream and canned salmon for an easy pasta dish. Great pesto recipe, will be making again.
So fresh and delicious! Easy
So fresh and delicious! Easy to follow recipe too.
Really easy and delicious,
Really easy and delicious, perhaps ease back on the garlic a little, raw garlic can completely take over all the other flavours, but otherwise very good
Made it today for the first
Made it today for the first time, it was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! Thanks!
So quick and easy. So yummy!
So quick and easy. So yummy!
Love this! Thanks for
Love this! Thanks for sharing. I will be making this a regular
I'm sure you could Shelley. I
I'm sure you could Shelley. I use mine too quickly, so I've never needed to freeze. Let me know if it works for you.
Can this be frozen? Thanks
Can this be frozen? Thanks
Absolutely delicious and
Absolutely delicious and super easy to make following these instructions