Basil Pesto Recipe (Pesto Pasta Recipe Included)

For Making Pesto

• 2 cups Fresh Basil Leaves
• 5 cloves Garlic
• 4 tbsp Pine nuts
• ⅓ cup Parmesan Cheese (chopped roughly)
• ½ tsp Lemon Zest
• 1 tsp Salt
• ½ tsp Black Pepper Powder
• 3 tbsp Lemon Juice (or to taste)
• ½ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil

For Pesto Pasta Recipe

• 200 grams Spaghetti
• Water for cooking pasta
• 2 tsp Salt
• ½ cup Pesto

1. 1

   Take pine nuts in a dry pan. Toast on medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes until fragrant and slightly toasted. Remove it from heat and let it cool.

2. 2

   In a food processor, take basil, pine nuts, garlic, parmesan cheese, lemon zest. Blend till coarsely crushed. Now add in salt, pepper, lemon juice and olive oil. Blend till smooth. Now pesto is done.

3. 3

   Cook pasta in salted boiling water till it is cooked. Strain pasta and take it in a saute pan. Reserve the pasta cooking liquid. Now add in pesto into the pasta and some of the pasta cooking liquid. Toss for 2 to 3 minutes on medium heat till the pasta is emulsified. Serve hot.