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Purple Pesto

Name: Purple Pesto
Prep time: 11 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 19 min
Yield: 400 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 125 g pine nuts; 1 bunch Purple basil; 1 lemon; 5 tablespoons olive oil; 125 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano); salt; pepper; 3 tablespoons olive oil

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.

51 K 5/5 (2 reviews)

20 min.

Easy

8.30 €

400 g

8 Ingredients

Last modified on: August 7^th 2022

For 400 g, you will need:

1 125 g pine nuts
2 1 bunch Purple basil
3 1 lemon
4 5 tablespoons olive oil
5 125 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano)
6 salt
7 pepper
8 3 tablespoons olive oil
Total weight: 500 grams

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 125 g 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 1 lemon and 5 tablespoons olive oil.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 1 min.

Mix a first time.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 3 min.

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 recipe	70 RDI=30 %	40 RDI=3 %	230 RDI=40 %	2,480 RDI=120 %	10,380 RDI: 120 %
Per 100 g	10 RDI=5 %	7 RDI=1 %	50 RDI=7 %	500 RDI=30 %	2,080 RDI: 30 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: milk

How much will it cost?

For 400 g : 8.30 €

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