Pesto for Noodles
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 2 cups basil leaves
- 1⁄4 cup parmesan cheese, grated
- 3 tablespoons pine nuts
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1⁄2 cup olive oil
directions
- Place basil leaves in small batches in food processor and whip until well chopped. Do about 3/4 cup at a time.
- To each batch, add about 1/3 the nuts and garlic. Blend again.
- After that, to each batch add about 1/3 of the Parmesan cheese; blend while slowly adding about 1/3 of the olive oil, stopping to scrape down sides of container.
- This forms a thick smooth paste. Repeat with more batches until all ingredients are used. Mix all batches together and serve over pasta.
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