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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 800 g, you will need:

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

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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 1 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 2 lemons and 10 tablespoons olive oil.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Mix a first time.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Add grated 1 cup 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

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
4,959 Kcal or 20,762 Kj	137 gr	73 gr	458 gr
248 %	53 %	7 %	69 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
496 Kcal or 2,077 Kj	14 gr	7 gr	46 gr
25 %	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 800 g : 16.56 €

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	Pine nuts: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chocolate mendiants, Pesto, Sorrel pesto, Kalamata Salad, Greek-style stuffed courgettes, ... All
	Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Tagliatelle and courgette spaghetti, carbonara style, Curried prawn risotto, Spaghetti Carbonara, Spaghetti with mussels and basil, Polpete, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: "Land and sea" kebabs, Potato and two ham gratin, Pasta with green asparagus, Spinach and chick peas "à la milanaise", Guacamole, ... All
	Lemon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fillet of salmon meunière, Seared tuna with lemon and lime, Apple macaronade, Cucumber and salmon salad, Pogne de Romans, ... All

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