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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 ¹⁄₃ cup pine nuts
2 ½ bunch Purple basil
3 ½ lemon
4 3 tablespoons olive oil
5 ¹⁄₃ cup Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano)
6 salt
7 pepper
8 2 tablespoons olive oil

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

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 8 min.

Roast ¹⁄₃ cup 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 ¹⁄₃ cup 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: Pesto, Crunchy salad, Greek-style stuffed courgettes, Greek Pesto, Sorrel pesto, ... All
	Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Caesar salad, Spaghetti with mussels and basil, Curried prawn risotto, Coriander and cashew nut pesto, Roast Brussels sprouts with sage and lemon, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Julia salad, Marinated tuna and cabbage, "Oeufs rabattus" with leeks, Pitta bread, Sliced cauliflower with 3 cheeses, ... All
	Lemon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Express sauerkraut, Surprise eggs, Pears and caramelised walnut samosas , Quince jelly, Lemon tart, ... All

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