Pesto Recipe

Hey Everyone,

Summer is here which means that my family garden is well on its way to growing a delicious harvest of fresh vegetables. Recently we have had our basil plants take off and grow a significant amount of leaves so we decided our best bet was to create a delicious pesto sauce.

Ingredients

8 cups Fresh Basil Leaves

2/3 cup Toastes Pine Nuts

2 tsp Garlic Salt

Salt & Pepper to taste

4 tbsp Lemon Juice (about the juice of one whole lemon)

4 tsp Lemon Zest

1 1/4 cup of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

3/4 cup Freshly Grates Parmiggiano Reggiano

Directions

1. Begin by toasted the pine nuts until they are a light golden brown. Be careful as they burn fast!

2. In a food processor add the basil leaves, toasted pine nuts, lemon zest, lemon juice, garlic salt and salt and pepper. Begin grinding all the ingredients while slowly adding a steady stream of olive oil.

3. Once all is combined, stir in the parmiggiano reggiano.

Tips!

*Toast your pine nuts on a skillet over the stove top on low heat. In this way it gives you more control over the heat not burning them because speaking from experience I burned mine far too easily when I placed them in the oven.

*Store your pesto sauce in a mason jar for easy and quick storage. Before serving give the sauce a stir as the oil may separate a little.

I really hope you enjoy this recipe. i never have made a pesto sauce with lemon before and I have to say that it makes all the difference. It adds that extra bit of zesty flavour that livens up the sauce making all that more summery and great for a BBQ side dish!