Last night I dusted off the food processor and made some simple pesto sauce. It’s hard to believe that only a few ingredients can pack such a punch. It freezes really well, too!
The original recipe came from Cooks.com but I played around with the ingredients until I got the desired flavor. The key to any good pesto is to taste it often throughout the process. Here is the recipe.
- 3 cups of fresh basil
- 6-8 cloves of garlic (we really like garlic!)
- 2/3 cup of pine nuts
- 1 & 1/4 cup of olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2-4 Tbs of lemon juice (something I added)
- 4 Tbs of butter (add to pasta once its cooked)
The recipe suggests adding 1 cup of cream if you want a creamy sauce but we enjoyed it without the cream on some freshly buttered piping hot angel hair pasta. It was pretty tasty! Let me know if you give it a try.
Tags: pasta, pesto, recipe, simple dinner
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September 30, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Limecrete
I’m definitely going to try this! Does that final instruction mean to add the butter to the cooked pasta, or to add the butter to the pesto, which is then applied to the cooked pasta?
October 1, 2008 at 7:55 am
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You are correct, add the butter to the cooked pasta then add the pesto to the buttered pasta.