Traditional Basil Pesto #glutenfree #glutenfreerecipe #Glutenfreecooking #basilpesto

Do you grow Italian Basil in your garden? It is easy to grow and thrives! Today, I harvested beautiful leaves from our herb garden. there was enough to make 2 bottles of fresh basil pesto - one for us and one for my friend. You can use it for cooking pasta, in dips, potato mash....

Ingredients:

1.5 cups Italian Basil ( 70% )
1/2 cup Baby Spinach ( 30% )
1.5 cup Olive Oil
3/4 cup Pine Nuts
1/2 cup grated Parmesan Cheese
Salt and pepper, if necessary 

Method:

Cook the pine nuts in half of the olive oil, on medium heat, until brown.
Place basil, spinach, Parmesan and the other half of olive oil in the food processor.

Ingredients

Blend until fine. Pour hot pine nut and oil into the processor. 
Blend until nuts are fine as you like. 
Add pepper and salt to taste. I only add when I use in cooking.
Place into a clean bottle and refrigerate when cool. 
Cover the pesto with 1cm of oil.






Tips:

• If you use a portion of the pesto in a dish always ensure that the remaining pesto is covered with 1cm of olive oil. This will give the pesto a longer shelf life.

Traditional Basil Pesto