Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, spinach and basil pesto. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Spinach and Basil Pesto is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Spinach and Basil Pesto is something which I have loved my whole life.
Spinach, basil, lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic, and Parmesan cheese work together in this tasty pesto recipe. Place garlic in a food processor; pulse until finely chopped. Continue processing while gradually adding oil in a steady stream.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook spinach and basil pesto using 5 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Spinach and Basil Pesto:
- Get Large bunch of basil
- Take About 5 handfuls or washed baby spinach
- Prepare Some soaked almonds (great alternative to pine nuts - I have also done this recipe with walnuts before)
- Take Few tablespoons of olive oil
- Take 4 cloves garlic - peeled and raw
Magnificent spinach and basil pesto recipe. There is not much in this world that is better than pesto. With its densely concentrated flavor, pesto perks up the simplest foods, from pasta to potatoes, to bread, to soup, to eggs, to chicken or fish. We keep a jar of Spinach Basil Pesto in our fridge at all times.
Instructions to make Spinach and Basil Pesto:
- I used my vitamix blender and toasted the almonds in the pan and just threw everything in together and blended it!
- It’s a really easy recipe! I served this pesto with some gluten free pasta and a homemade tomato pasta sauce I already had in the fridge. Season to taste. This fresh pesto easily keeps in the fridge for about a week. Yum!
Again, it has so many uses. It is such a great flavor booster and our family loves it! In the summer, when our basil is growing like weeds, we make a huge batch and put it in the freezer. It comes in handy during the winter months. Note: I always make up the pesto a few days ahead of time, as the flavors meld, and it saves me a step come dinner time.
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