
Fresh pesto
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Makes 10 servings to stir through pasta
It takes mere minutes to whip up this homemade Italian sauce - blitz basil, nuts, cheese and garlic then stir into pasta
- Vegetarian
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Red pesto minestrone soup
App onlyFridge-raid one-pan pesto pasta. This is a premium piece of content available to registered users.
Pesto spinach penne
App onlyOne-pan pesto, chicken & spinach lasagne. This is a premium piece of content available to registered users.
Spaghetti & meatballs
New!Fresh cucumber & apple salad. This is a premium piece of content available to registered users.
Red pesto minestrone soup
App onlyFridge-raid one-pan pesto pasta. This is a premium piece of content available to registered users.
Pesto spinach penne
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Tomato & basil soup
Combine fruity sundried tomatoes with tinned tomatoes to make this rich tomato soup with a homemade basil pesto – perfect for the depths of winter.
Chicken & pesto pasta
Grab some Italian pesto and greens from your storecupboard and rustle up this creamy chicken and green bean pesto pasta – penne or fusilli work well
- 50g blanched almond
- 1 large bunch basil leaves
- 50g grated parmesanor vegetarian alternative
- 2 garlic cloves
- 150ml extra-virgin olive oil
Nutrition: per tbsp
- kcal135
- fat14g
- saturates2g
- carbs0g
- sugars0g
- fibre0g
- protein2g
- salt0.1glow
Method
step 1
Toast the almonds in a dry frying pan. Tip into a food processor with the basil, Parmesan, garlic and some seasoning. Whizz together while slowly pouring in the olive oil.
step 2
Keep in a sterilised jar with a little extra oil to cover the top, in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2013
Comments, questions and tips (2)
Overall rating
chulie
This couldn't be more delicious. It's easy to make (picking the leaves is the most time consuming bit!) and blanched almonds work a treat without the cost of pine nuts! I add more garlic and just add oil to make the consistency right rather than measuring it in so there's not too much oil. It…

newmikeman
How big is a "large bunch basil leaves"? If a small packet in Waitrose is 25g, is a large bunch twice that, 10 times that, or what? One of the other recipes here says 80g basil. Would that suit your recipe too? Its a bit academic because all the basic pesto recipes are the same except that one of…