the Sage Test Kitchen

Essential Basil Pesto

Name: Essential Basil Pesto
Cook time: 900 s
Total time: 900 s
Yield: Makes 500g
Ingredients: 100 g parmesan cheese; 2 cloves garlic - peeled; 70 g toasted pine nuts; ½ tsp Coarse salt; Freshly ground black pepper - to season; 60 g basil leaves; 250 ml extra-virgin olive oil

This is one speedy ticket to flavour town! Fresh basil gets some processing action with its pals pine nut and parmesan for a bright, fragrant pesto that really does need to go in your Essentials folder. Its uses are endless…classic pasta sauce, grilled-chicken topper or tomato salad…the list goes on.

the Paradice™ 16

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15 mins total time

15 mins active time

Easy

Makes 500g

Ingredients

Measurements:

100 g parmesan cheese
2 cloves garlic
peeled
70 g toasted pine nuts
½ tsp Coarse salt
Freshly ground black pepper
to season
60 g basil leaves
250 ml extra-virgin olive oil

Instructions

1Assemble the processor with the green Quad™ blade in the bowl. Break the parmesan into pieces and place in the bowl with the garlic. Process until finely chopped. Add the pine nuts, salt, pepper and basil and process. While processing, slowly add the oil through the feed chute to emulsify. Scraping down the side occasionally.
2Your batch of basil goodness is blitzed – so what next? Grilled cheese sandwich, Margherita pizza, Italian burger…it’s no one-trick pasta-pony you know! And if you can’t decide…date n’ label your airtight container and refrigerate for a week or freeze up to a month.