How to Make This Pesto Recipe A couple of notes: I make this pesto recipe in the food processor. Blending this sauce in a food processor makes this recipe extra quick to make. I prefer using the food processor over a blender because the large bladed processor quickly minces the ingredients...
Make our basic pesto recipe! The no-cook sauce gets its name from the Genovese word meaning “to pound,” but this version comes together in no time with a blender. Whether you’re looking for a healthy pasta sauce or an alternative condiment for a grilled chicken sandwich, this herby, ...
Our favorite no-cook sauce is easy to make and full of flavor. I'll show you how to make pesto sauce and how to store it.
I've always been a fan of fresh basil pesto made from scratch rather than from a jar. It's actually quite simple to make and tastes so much better! Basil pesto can be used in so many ways and in so many dishes, and it adds an amazing punch of flavor by using just a small amount...
Pesto sauce is named for the male tool used to make it, the pestle, though what happened to the poor female mortar is obscure: whatever feminists may be among SausageMania's readers can chew on that if they care to. Sexist objections notwithstanding, some purists maintain that only with the...
How to Make Pesto Gnocchi Pesto gnocchi is a wonderful combination of creaminess and powerful flavor, and it pairs really well with chicken, fish, and shrimp. The recipe for how to make pesto gnocchi that I’ll share with you uses parmesan cheese like traditional gnocchi dishes do, but I ...
Add basil, garlic, lemon juice, nutritional yeast, pine nuts, salt, pepper and 1 Tbsp of olive oil to a food processor and begin to process on low.Leaving food processor on, slowly drizzle remaining olive oil into pesto until all ingredients are fully incorporated. Adjust salt and pepper to...
I was licking the bowl of the food processor when my spouse walked into the kitchen. I sheepishly gave him a taste, and then he understood why. Not content to make the recipe once (and in the interests of science and/or this blog), I made it multiple times, shown here. I've used...
While the whole wheat spaghetti cooks, a lean, green, mean kale and pistachio pesto comes together in a flash in the food processor. The starchy cooking water helps to loosen the pesto to create a consistency that makes for an optimal sauce-to-noodle ratio....
Depending on how much pesto you want, combine fresh basil, hemp seeds, cloves of garlic, nutritional yeast (optional), fresh lemon juice, sea salt, and olive oil, then blend together in a food processor. To use the pesto, spread it on bread, add to soups, use as a veggie dip, top...