Traditional Basil Pesto

Ingredients

• Basil
• 1 cup pine nuts
• ½ cup olive oil
• Salt & Pepper
• Garlic
• o Light = 5 cloves
• o Mid = 10 cloves
• o Extreme = 20+ cloves

How to make it

• Peel garlic, wash basil
• Put everything in the blender
• Blend, scrape, blend, scrape
• Serve!

Tips & Alternatives

• Add spinach or any green leafy vegetable to make your mixture go further.
• Pesto can quickly become a vegetable dip - add to the blender eggplant, mushrooms, chickpeas, olives or sun dried tomatoes for some variety.
• Peanuts or cashews will work in place of pine nuts, or to extend the pine nuts which can be quite expensive
• Keep it in a jar in the fridge and add a teaspoon to stir fry's or spread some on toast for breakfast or a pre dinner snack
• Spread some pesto on a pizza base with or without tomato paste
• Add to steamed vegetables when serving for an extra bit of flavour
• Serve a spoonful onto your favourite meat - steak, chicken, fish etc