Receta Spinach Basil Pesto Sauce Recipe
Pesto sauce is handy when you want to make a
- quick meal. It is good as a spread on plain or toasted bread, you can make this
- as a filling for bread rolls, you can marinate chicken or fish with pesto sauce
- and grill them and also the famous pesto pasta, it is even good with chapathi
- or basmati rice too! This pesto is really tasty with a blend of spinach, basil,
- lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic and cheese.... The original recipe asks for pine
- nuts but you can substitute with almonds.... It is perfect for freezing in an ice
- cube tray and you can add to a pasta dish for a quick and easy meal.....
- Spinach
- Basil Pesto Sauce Recipe
- Ingredients:
- Spinach,
- basil, lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic, and Parmesan cheese work together in
- this tasty pesto recipe.
- 1 ½ cups baby spinach
- leaves
- ½ cup toasted almonds or pine
- nuts
- ½ cup grated Parmesan
- cheese
- 4 cloves garlic, peeled
- and quartered
- ½ tsp freshly ground black
- ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil (I only used ¼ cup
- oil)
- Blend the
- spinach, basil, almonds, parmesan cheese, garlic, salt, pepper, lemon juice,
- lemon zest, and 2 tablespoons olive oil in a food processor until nearly
- smooth, scraping the sides of the bowl with a spatula as necessary. Drizzle the
remaining olive oil into the mixture while processing until smooth.
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