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Pesto Paste

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 1
Calories 300 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 4 bunch fresh basil
  • 8 cloves garlic
  • asiago or parmesan (grated)
  • pine nuts
  • olive oil (as needed)
  • 1 hot chile peppers, seeded and chopped (or more to taste)

Instructions
 

  • Pick as fresh basil as you can find. Works really well if you use a mix of different basils (I’ve used mixtures of sweet, Thai, purple u0026 spicy and they all work well). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_basil_cultivars
  • Wash it well.
  • Place in food processor (to make this large a batch I fill my 8 cup processor about 3/4 of the way with slightly compressed leaves)
  • Add all other ingredients, except olive oil
  • Pulse, adding olive oil to get mixture to mix properly, stop u0026 scrape outside of bowl at least once.
  • Can pulse to either chunky or smooth depending on how large you want your pine nuts to be

Notes

  • Freezes well by placing in small serving dishes (about 3 tablespoons in volume)on a cookie sheet. Once frozen I remove the pucks from the glass bowls u0026amp; place in a ziplock bag.
  • To use I simply thaw u0026amp; add enough olive oil to make it a liquid u0026amp; coat my pasta or flat bread.

    • Nutrition

    Calories: 300kcal
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