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Purple Pesto

You may already be familiar with the classic green basil pesto , but here is a version with purple basil that gives a very aesthetic purple pesto with a more peppery taste, quite similar to ginger.

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Last modified on: August 7^th 2022

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For 200 g, you will need:

1 63 g pine nuts
2 ½ bunch Purple basil
3 ½ lemon
4 3 tablespoons olive oil
5 63 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano)
6 salt
7 pepper
8 2 tablespoons olive oil
Total weight: 266 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
11 min.	8 min.	19 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 8 min.

Roast 63 g pine nuts in a small pan over medium heat until golden brown.

Remove from heat and let cool.

Stage 2 - 4 min.

Remove all the stems from the purple basil, keeping only the leaves.

Stage 3 - 3 min.

In a high-sided container, pour the basil leaves, roasted pine nuts, juice and zest of ½ lemon and 3 tablespoons olive oil.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Mix a first time.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Add grated 63 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano), salt and pepper and mix again adding 2 tablespoons olive oil, adjust the volume of olive oil to obtain a paste not too thick.

Your purple pesto is ready.

Remarks

The second addition of olive oil is very indicative, do not hesitate to adapt more or less to the result obtained.

Keeping

Several days in the refrigerator in a closed jar

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,380 Kcal or 5,778 Kj	35 gr	18 gr	130 gr
69 %	13 %	2 %	20 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
519 Kcal or 2,173 Kj	13 gr	7 gr	49 gr
26 %	5 %	1 %	7 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 200 g : 4.23 €

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	Pine nuts: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chocolate mendiants, Crunchy salad, Kalamata Salad, Greek Pesto, Spinach and ricotta ravioli, ... All
	Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Caesar salad, Polpete, Potimarron and Parmesan tart, Vegetable tian, Roast cabbage with lemon, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Leek fondue, Coq au vin, Rice à l'italienne, Gratin-style spinach and chicken omelette , Fish in a sesame crust, ... All
	Lemon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Raspberry sorbet, Pesto, Poaching syrup, Icelandic-style fish and vegetable pie, Fruit coulis (fruit purée), ... All

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