Basil Pesto | Recipe

Name: Basil Pesto
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 8 Personen
Ingredients: 60 g pine nuts; 100 g basil; 200 ml sunflower oil; 200 ml olive oil; 60 g Parmesan; 2 tsp JS Green Pesto Mix

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Cooking Time:

10 min

Difficulty:

Easy

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Ingredients

2 tsp

JS Green Pesto Mix
60 g

pine nuts
100 g

basil
200 ml

sunflower oil
200 ml

olive oil
60 g

Parmesan

Method

Toast the pine nuts in a non-stick frying pan over a medium heat until golden, stirring occasionally to make sure the pine nuts don’t burn. Remove from the pan and leave to one side.

Wash the basil and pat dry. Place in a high-sided bowl or large mixing jug with the pine nuts, oils and Green Pesto Mix and blend with a hand blender. Finally, add the Parmesan and quickly blend once more with the blender.

Tip: Transfer the pesto into glass jars and gift them to your loved ones.

Nutritional information: (Per serving)

Calories
517 kcal

Carbohydrates
1,2 g

Protein
4,5 g

Fat
56 g

Method

Toast the pine nuts in a non-stick frying pan over a medium heat until golden, stirring occasionally to make sure the pine nuts don’t burn. Remove from the pan and leave to one side.

Tip: Transfer the pesto into glass jars and gift them to your loved ones.

Nutritional information: (Per serving)

Calories
517 kcal

Carbohydrates
1,2 g

Protein
4,5 g

Fat
56 g

Basil pesto

Pasta with pesto – the perfect meal for stressful days. But home-made pesto will always beat store-bought, hands down. Prepare in advance and store it (covered with plenty of olive oil) in the fridge for a good few days. Our Green Pesto Mix brings all the spice and garlicky goodness you need.

Recipes with pesto

Looking for new inspiration for recipes with your home-made pesto? Check out our recipe pages and try our green pesto gnocchi or our veggie-packed vegan sandwich.

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