I went to the farmers market on Saturday and they had the most beautiful basil. I had seen a recipe on Allrecipes for a pesto made with almonds instead of pine nuts. This really appealed to me since I almost always have almonds on hand. So I brought home a big bunch of basil and made pesto for the first time. The kids didn’t give it much of a try because of the color, but my husband and I loved it. I would definitely make this receipe again.
Easy Pesto
1/4 cup almonds
3 cloves garlic
1 1/2 cups fresh basil leaves
1/2 cup olive oil
1 pinch ground nutmeg
salt and pepper to taste
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Place almonds on a cookie sheet, and bake for 10 minutes, or until lightly toasted.
In a food processor, combine toasted almonds, garlic, basil, olive oil, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Process until a coarse paste is formed.
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that looks delicious!
that looks great! i love pasta!
I have not made my own pesto yet – but I want to! This looks delicious.
Look at that color Barbara!!! It’s beautiful, I wonder if my basil plant has enough leaves yet, now I want pesto!
I love pesto! My quest before the end of summer is to make a bunch of it up and freeze it for through out the winter months!