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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.

42 K 5/5 (2 reviews)

20 min.

Easy

8.30 €

200 g

8 Ingredients

Last modified on: August 7^th 2022

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For 200 g, you will need:

1 65 ml pine nuts
2 ½ bunch Purple basil
3 ½ lemon
4 2.5 tablespoons olive oil
5 65 ml Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano)
6 salt
7 pepper
8 1.5 tablespoon olive oil

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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.

Roast 65 ml 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 2.5 tablespoons olive oil.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Mix a first time.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Add grated 65 ml Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano), salt and pepper and mix again adding 1.5 tablespoon 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 recipe	40 RDI=10 %	20 RDI=2 %	120 RDI=20 %	1,270 RDI=60 %	5,300 RDI: 60 %
Per 100 g	10 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 200 g : 4.30 €

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