Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 0 mins
Serves: 2
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This makes a wonderful sauce for salads, fish, pasta and even as a filling for toasties! For something different, try stirring the pesto into mashed potato. If you would like your sauce a brighter green, add a small handful of parsley leaves. Pesto is made in minutes with the Dualit Hand Blender.
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Shopping List
- 50g basil leaves
- 1 clove of garlic, crushed
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 120ml (9 fl oz) extra-virgin olive oil
- 50g parmesan, grated
- 50g pine nuts
- Freshly ground black pepper
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Method
- Put the basil leaves in the Hand Blender's chopping bowl with the garlic, salt, pine nuts and just enough of the oil to make the ingredients combine.
- Mix until the pine nuts and basil are well chopped and a chunky paste has formed.
- Add the parmesan and while mixing, slowly pour the oil through the feeding tube in a thin, steady stream.
- Mix until the pesto is fairly smooth and creamy. Add the black pepper to taste.
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TIP: Pesto can be frozen for up to three months or decant into a sterilised jar, pour over olive oil to cover and store in the fridge for up to one month.
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Dualit Product Used
Dualit Hand Blender
£99.99
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