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Simple Homemade Pesto

NEFF
Difficulty
Easy
Total time
30 min
Cooking time
20 min
Allergens:
pine nutsparmesan

Ready to elevate your weeknight dinner or impress at your next gathering? This Simple Homemade Pesto recipe is a game-changer. We're talking about a vibrant, fresh-from-the-garden blend of aromatic basil, marjoram, chervil, and earthy oregano, masterfully balanced with toasted pine nuts, sharp parmesan, and silky extra-virgin olive oil

Ingredients

Use Within a Week:

100 g basil

100 g marjoram

100 g chervil

10 g oregano

2 small cloves of garlic

50 g pine nuts

150 g parmesan

100 ml olive oil

Salt

Pepper

Instructions

Step 1

Wash the fresh herbs well and pat dry. Finely grate the parmesan and put all the ingredients into a blender.

Hand holding a glass container of grated cheese, pine nuts, and herbs next to fresh basil.

Step 2

Blend well for several minutes. If the pesto is too dry, add a little olive oil. Heat the preserving jars to 120°C with Steam added using NEFF Circo Therm®.

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Step 3

Set the jars to dry and pour in the pesto. It will keep for at least 7 days in the fridge.

Hands holding a small jar of green pesto, surrounded by fresh basil and other jars.
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