Basil Pesto with Lemon

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Prep Time: 20 minutes

Total: 20 minutes

Servings: 12

Basil Pesto with Lemon

Ingredients

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Instructions

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Step 1

Wash basil leaves if needed and spin dry or dry with paper towels.

Step 2

Put basil leaves and sliced garlic into food processor that’s been fitted with the steel blade and process until basil and garlic is finely chopped, adding oil through the feed tube as you process. (You may need to take off the lid and scrape the sides with a rubber scraper if you have a hard time getting the basil all chopped.)

Step 3

Add pine nuts, Parmesan cheese, and lemon juice to the chopped basil mixture and process 1-2 minutes more, until the pesto is mostly pureed and well mixed. (I like to keep it slightly chunky, but you can make it as finely pureed as you wish.)

Step 4

Season to taste with salt and fresh ground black pepper and pulse a few times more.

Step 5

Store basil pesto in the refrigerator in a glass jar, where it will keep for more than a week.

Step 6

Pesto can also be frozen. Many cooking experts recommend leaving out the cheese if you’re going to freeze it, and then adding the cheese when you thaw the pesto. (I’ve done it both ways and haven’t noticed that much difference.)

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