Pesto For Freezing Food

PESTO

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Get Ina Garten's easy Pesto recipe, featuring walnuts, pine nuts and basil, from Barefoot Contessa on Food Network. It's perfect with pasta or in sandwiches.

Provided by Ina Garten

Time 15m

Yield 4 cups

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1/4 cup walnuts
1/4 cup pignolis (pine nuts)
3 tablespoons chopped garlic (9 cloves)
5 cups fresh basil leaves, packed
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 cups good olive oil
1 cup freshly grated Parmesan

Steps:

Place the walnuts, pignolis, and garlic in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Process for 15 seconds. Add the basil leaves, salt, and pepper. With the processor running, slowly pour the olive oil into the bowl through the feed tube and process until the pesto is thoroughly pureed. Add the Parmesan and puree for a minute. Use right away or store the pesto in the refrigerator or freezer with a thin film of olive oil on top.

FRESH BASIL PESTO - FREEZER DIRECTIONS

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Make and share this Fresh Basil Pesto - Freezer Directions recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Emmelyn Stieb

Categories Spreads

Time 10m

Yield 2 cup

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

3 cups fresh basil leaves, packed
3 -5 large garlic cloves
1/4 cup pine nuts
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup parmesan cheese

Steps:

Put the basil, garlic, pine nuts, and salt in a food processor or blender and puree until smooth. Drizzle olive oil. Taste and add more salt if needed.
If freezing: line ice cube trays with plastic wrap. Scoop pesto into trays using 1-2 tablespoons of pesto per "cube." Freeze. Put in ziplock after solid. To use: Thaw and add cheese.
If using fresh: Add the cheese and process a few seconds until just incorporated.
Enough pesto for a pound of pasta and recommended it tossed with linguine, capellini or meat or cheese tortellini.

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