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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.

36 K 5/5 (2 reviews)

20 min.

Easy

8.30 €

800 g

8 Ingredients

Last modified on: August 7^th 2022

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For 800 g, you will need:

1 8.8 oz pine nuts
2 2 bunches Purple basil
3 2 lemons
4 10 tablespoons olive oil
5 8.8 oz Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano)
6 salt
7 pepper
8 6 tablespoons 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 8.8 oz 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 2 lemons and 10 tablespoons olive oil.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Mix a first time.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Add grated 8.8 oz Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano), salt and pepper and mix again adding 6 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 recipe	140 RDI=50 %	70 RDI=7 %	460 RDI=70 %	4,960 RDI=250 %	20,760 RDI: 250 %
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 800 g : 16.60 €

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