Dried Basil Pesto

Name: Dried Basil Pesto
Yield: 3/4 cup
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup dried basil; 1/2 cup extra Virgin olive oil; 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese; 1 teaspoon minced garlic; 1/4 cup pine nuts; to taste salt; 2 tablespoons parsley flakes

skunkmonkey101 @skunk_monkey101

Dover, Florida

Sometimes you need to make something, but you don't have exactly what you need. So you adapt and try something. Well I did not have fresh basil so I used dried.

skunkmonkey101 @skunk_monkey101

Dover, Florida

Sometimes you need to make something, but you don't have exactly what you need. So you adapt and try something. Well I did not have fresh basil so I used dried.

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Ingredients

3/4 cup

1/2 cupdried basil
1/2 cupextra Virgin olive oil
1/2 cupgrated parmesan cheese
1 teaspoonminced garlic
1/4 cuppine nuts
to tastesalt
2 tablespoonsparsley flakes

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Steps

1

In a dry pan toast the pine nuts. Stay with it don't leave them till you are removing from heat.
2

Let them cool
3

Gather the rest of the ingredients except the olive oil
4

Put them in a blender or food processor with the salt, basil, garlic, and cheese. Pulse till all are like a paste.
5

Drizzle the olive oil while the blender or food processor is running.
6

Refrigerate till needed.
7

I hope you enjoy!

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skunkmonkey101 @skunk_monkey101

on August 14, 2017 14:27

Dover, Florida

This picture is me and my oldest daughter. I love Asian, Mediterranean, and Southern food.I hope you enjoy my recipes, if you have any questions please ask. The app only allows so many followings, they put a limit on how many we can follow I have reached my limit. If it wasn't there I would follow back everyone, sorry....