Fresh Basil pesto with fresh basil leaves and olive oil. A super easy recipe to make Italian pesto with basil.
It's not very easy to get fresh basil in Singapore. It's not impossible either but somehow, when I do come across them in the supermarket, I feel they are wilted and cost too much. Why bother when there are a gazillion different types of other greens around, that are more local.
I did, however, manage to score an entire bag of super fresh basil in Giant supermarket a couple of weeks back. Ooh the flavour was mind blowing.
Although I have tried pesto pasta and pesto chicken before in restaurants, making your pesto is way better! I was a bit skeptical if TH would like it but he actually loved the pesto pasta I made with it.
You can also make interesting bread recipes with pesto like these pesto pull-apart rolls.
Fresh Basil Pesto Recipe
A fresh basil pesto recipe with basil leaves, parmesan cheese, and olive oil. Perfect to add to pasta!
Ingredients
- 4 cups fresh basil leaves
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ½ cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh garlic
- ⅓ cup pine nuts
- ½ to 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Add all ingredients into a food processor or mixie jar
- Pulse until combined and keep grinding to desired consistency
- Refrigerate up to 4 days or so tastes best fresh!
Notes
You can replace pine nuts in basil pesto with walnuts, cashew nuts, or any other nuts you have in hand.
Pictures in this post taken in the home made light box for food photography.
Happy Cook
Love love pesto and your look so so good.
Priya
Thats a delicious and catchy pesto..
Apu
Delicious - nothing quite like homemade pesto!!
G
The pesto looks so colorful..Love this with penne pasta..
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Madhavi
What is better than this..huhhh??, yummmm fresh pesto!!!
RAKS KITCHEN
Lovely,never ever tasted before,will try tasting...Nice clicks 🙂
Pia
This pesto is looking soo yummy. must be very aromatic
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Bits of Taste
I love pesto sauce especially the fresh one!
Nags
You get organic pine nuts in Fairprice, Sowmya 🙂
sowmya's creative saga
I tried with spinach and walnuts few days back..difficult to get pine nuts too in SG..isn't it?love the texture and colour of the pesto..waiting for your pasta recipe..