Basil Pesto

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    1 cup

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Oakville Grocery The Cookbook: Seasonal Recipes from the Heart of Wine Country

By Weldon Owen

Published 2023

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Ingredients

  • 1 clove garlic
  • ¼ cup pine nuts, lightly toasted
  • 2 cups

Method

With a food processor running, drop the garlic through the feed tube and process until minced. Turn off the processor, add the pine nuts, and pulse a few times to chop. Add the basil and pulse a few times to chop coarsely. Then, with the processor running, add the oil through the feed tube in a slow, steady stream and process until a smooth, moderately thick paste forms, stopping to scrape down