How to make Pesto Genovese (Classic Basil Pesto) better than store-bought

Classic Pesto Genovese
Pesto Genovese (Classic Basil Pesto) is something you should always have ready in your pantry. Just add in pasta or use it as a spread on bread. It's alwasy make food teast better and healthy.
Pesto Genovese (Classic Basil Pesto)

Pesto Genovese is the first pesto I ever tried from store because my daughter loves pesto pasta. So its quite easy for me to boil the pasta and quickly mix it with pesto and cherry tomato. So I always used to keep a jar in the pantry. I used to buy it from Cold storage and because they normally have all the dips and pesto from international brands available. I never get disappointed but the flavour I really never found very strong, and most of the time I ended up finishing a jar in two batches of pasta. I came across this method of baking basil pesto, and after that, I stopped buying from the store completely.



Basil Pesto

How to make the strong flavoured basil pesto?

  • Chop all the ingredients instead of grinding in a mixer.
  • A little hard work but both garlic and basil will burst into the flavours when you constantly chopped it using knive.
  • You can start chopping with basil and garlic toegerh and add grated parmesan cheese later.
Pesto Genovese (Classic Basil Pesto)
Classic Pesto Genovese
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Pesto Genovese (Classic Basil Pesto)

Pesto Genovese (Classic Basil Pesto) is something you should always have ready in your pantry. Just add in pasta or use it as a spread on bread. It's alwasy make food teast better and healthy.
Prep Time30 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Pesto
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: basil, dip, garlic, parmesan cheese, Pesto
Servings: 4
Calories: 213kcal
Author: ila

Ingredients

  • 100 gms of Basil leaves
  • 3-4 Garlic cloves
  • 1/4 cup pine nuts
  • 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
  • 4-5 tablespoon olive oil

Instructions

  • All the main ingredients. Basil leaves,garlic and pine nuts
  • step1 How to make Pesto Genovese (Classic Basil Pesto) better than store-bought
  • Start chopping all the ingredients, I chopped mixture around 20 minutes.
  • step2 thumb How to make Pesto Genovese (Classic Basil Pesto) better than store-bought
  • Once all the ingredients are grinded well, fill it into jar and cover with olive oil.
  • step3 1 How to make Pesto Genovese (Classic Basil Pesto) better than store-bought

Nutrition

Calories: 213kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 97mg | Potassium: 97mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 584IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 93mg | Iron: 1mg

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  4. 5 stars
    Ahh lovin it…I am gonna try it.You said it correctly no mixer grinder will keep the core taste…

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