I bought some fresh basil from a farmer and made some basil pesto so I wanted to try it in a pasta dish.I recommend using flavorful Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. The cheese is sold in blocks, but the fragrance comes out once you grate it. Recipe by KiwieKiwie

Still got lots of sweet basil growing in the garden, so I'm making a batch of this Basil Walnut Pesto for all kinds of applications. Goes without saying on pasta, but it's also delicious whipped into butter and cream cheese, mixed with hummus or mayo, as a pizza spread, and also as a base for delicious salad dressing.You can use other nuts (pine nuts, obviously), but almonds, cashews, and pecans are also delicious.

I wanted to make basil pesto using fresh aromatic basil direct from a farmer.Dry-roasting nuts gives extra flavour. You can divide it up into small portions and store in the freezer. If you store in the fridge for a while, keep only portions you will use. Flatten the surface and pour the olive oil on it to avoid any discolouring.If you leave some nuts chunks when you use the food processor, you can also enjoy the nutty texture. Recipe by KiwieKiwie

High oil to herb ratio make it last longer in the fridge but use it moderately while enjoying it.

The toasted pine nuts are wonderful in this pesto dish!

I wanted a lot of people to enjoy a NY top Italian chef's recipe.Please pat the moisture out of the basil well, because the sauce will go bad faster if you don't.This sauce is from Genoa, the capital of Liguria in Italy. It can be arranged into lots of dishes other than pasta. Recipe by MeguBroaden

Because the basil was abundant outside and the fall is approaching, it was time to make pesto and pasta for that matter.

I made this recipe because I harvested lots of basil leaves!When using the pesto as a pasta sauce, add parmesan cheese. Add about 6 tablespoons of the cheese to the whole amount of this recipe. Recipe by Sumireno usagi

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.

This is one of my favourite pasta dishes. I always make it when I'm stocked up on fresh basil.I recommend making the sauce from scratch if you have some fresh basil to hand. Recipe by Maria358

My kids will eat just about anything if you put cheese or pesto on it. This is a simple, but totally delicious sauce, dip or topping for meat.

I was given basil leaves and wanted to make something with them.If you replace the walnuts with pine nuts in this recipe, you'll get classic pesto. Recipe by uzukaji.