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You’ll need only a few ingredients. The pesto is great with e.g. homemade noodles, bread, or vegetables.

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Basil Pesto Recipe

Method of preparation: Roasting Recipe Origin: Italien cuisine Category: Pasta, Sauces & Dips Recipe-Keys: Freezable No sugar added Vegan Vegetarian

Difficulty: Beginner Cooking 10 min Total time 10 mins

Portions: 3

Ingredients

Servings

• 2.5 cups basil
• 0.66 cups Parmesan
• 0.33 cups pine nuts
• 2 garlic cloves
• 0.5 cups olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 teaspoons black pepper

Instruction

1. Roast the pine nuts at low heat until they turn brown.

   

2. Grate the parmesan cheese.

   

3. Blend the basil leaves, pine nuts, garlic cloves, parmesan, olive oil, salt and pepper. Keep some pine nuts and parmesan for serving.

   

4. Serve with e.g. fresh noodles

   

Nutrition facts

Serving Size 3.5 oz

Servings 3

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Amount Per Serving

Calories 494kcal

Calories from Fat 412kcal

% Daily Value *

Total Fat 47.2g73%

Saturated Fat 6.3g32%

Cholesterol 4mg2%

Sodium 980mg41%

Total Carbohydrate 10.89g4%

Sugars 1.26g

Protein 10g20%

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Vitamin A 24 IU

Vitamin C 38 mg

Calcium 18 mg

Iron 15 mg

* * Die täglichen Prozentwerte basieren auf einer Diät mit 2.000 Kalorien. Deine täglichen Werte können je nach Kalorienbedarf höher oder niedriger sein.

Comment

• The noodles are not included in the nutritional information.
• Cover the pesto with olive oil and then a foil when chilling.
• It is also good for freezing.

recipe-tag: basil pesto, genoverse, basil, parmesan, olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper, pine nuts