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🍽️ Fresh Green Pesto

125 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Preheat a non-stick frying pan over medium heat.
  2. 2. Add the pine nuts to the hot pan.
  3. 3. Toast the nuts slowly while stirring constantly until they are golden brown and fragrant.
  4. 4. Remove the toasted pine nuts from the pan and place them on a plate.
  5. 5. Let the pine nuts cool down completely.
  6. 6. Wash the basil leaves under cold water.
  7. 7. Shake off excess water or gently pat them dry with a kitchen towel.
  8. 8. Gently pluck the basil leaves from the stems.
  9. 9. Peel one clove of garlic and halve it.
  10. 10. Place the garlic, a pinch of salt, and the cooled pine nuts into a mortar.
  11. 11. Crush the ingredients into a fine paste using a pestle.
  12. 12. Add the basil leaves to the garlic mixture in the mortar.
  13. 13. Grind the basil roughly with the pestle until it changes color.
  14. 14. Add finely grated Parmesan cheese to the mixture.
  15. 15. Mix everything well until it forms a homogeneous mass.
  16. 16. Let olive oil flow slowly and drop by drop into the mixture.
  17. 17. Continue stirring until the pesto has a creamy and smooth consistency.
  18. 18. Finally, season the pesto to taste with salt.

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