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Purple Pesto

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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duree20 min. difficultéEasy prix8.30 € pour combien400 g ingredients8 Ingredients
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Last modified on: August 7th 2022
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For 400 g, you will need:
  • 1 pine nuts 125 g pine nuts
  • 2 Purple basil 1 bunch Purple basil
  • 3 lemon 1 lemon
  • 4 olive oil 5 tablespoons olive oil
  • 5 Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano) 125 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano)
  • 6 salt salt
  • 7 pepper pepper
  • 8 olive oil 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • Total weight: 500 grams
Change these quantities to make:
200 g400 g800 g1 kg 200 g
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 15 min.
Cooking: 8 min.
All in all: 20 min.
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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 8 min.
Purple Pesto
Roast 125 g pine nuts in a small pan over medium heat until golden brown.

Remove from heat and let cool.
Stage 2 - 4 min.
Purple Pesto
Remove all the stems from the purple basil, keeping only the leaves.
Stage 3 - 3 min.
Purple Pesto
In a high-sided container, pour the basil leaves, roasted pine nuts, juice and zest of 1 lemon and 5 tablespoons olive oil.
Stage 4 - 1 min.
Purple Pesto
Mix a first time.
Stage 5 - 3 min.
Purple Pesto
Add grated 125 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano), salt and pepper and mix again adding 3 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
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe70 RDI=30 %40 RDI=3 %230 RDI=40 %2,480 RDI=120 %10,380 RDI: 120 %
Per 100 g10 RDI=5 %7 RDI=1 %50 RDI=7 %500 RDI=30 %2,080 RDI: 30 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk
How much will it cost?
  • For 400 g : 8.30 €

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