Fresh Pesto Recipe

A quick, easy Homemade Pesto Sauce made with five ingredients in less than ten minutes in a food processor. Enjoy it over pasta, chicken, steak, seafood, and grilled or roasted vegetables.

Course sauce

Cuisine Italian

Keyword basil pesto, can you freeze pesto sauce, homemade pesto, homemade pesto sauce, how to make pesto sauce, how to make pesto sauce for pasta, pesto sauce, pesto sauce recipe, what is pesto, what is pesto sauce

Prep Time 10

Servings cup

Calories 1475kcal

Author Beth Pierce

Ingredients

⅓ cup pine nuts
½ tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups fresh basil leaves
⅓ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese or Pecorino Romano
½ cup extra virgin olive oil
salt and black pepper to taste

Instructions

Heat a dry skillet over medium heat. Add the pine nuts. Toast for 2-3 minutes, stirring frequently. Plate them to cool.
Heat ½ tablespoon olive oil in the same skillet over medium-low heat. Cook garlic for 1 minute, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and cool.
Combine the fresh basil and toasted pine nuts in a food processor and pulse for 10 seconds. Add the garlic and Parmesan cheese and pulse for 2-3 seconds.
With the food processor running slowly, drizzle in the ½ cup olive oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Notes

Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.

Nutrition