Pesto Sauce
This is a classic pine nut based pesto sauce
Ingredients
- 4 cups basil leaves
- ½ cup pine nuts
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- ½ cup freshly grated Parmesan Romano or Pecorino cheese
- 2/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Place pine nuts on baking sheet and toast until golden brown, about 3-5 minutes.
- Add pine nuts, cheese, basil, garlic, salt and pepper to food processor and blend.
- With the food processor on low slowly add the olive oil until fully blended.
- To freeze, place in freezer proof container and top with a layer of olive oil. When using thaw and incorporate olive oil.