This basil pesto is a must for my caprese salad recipe and also makes a great pizza topping.
Basil Pesto
Ingredients
Instructions
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Combine all ingredients in a small food processor or mini chopper. Process until all ingredients are blended together. Leftover pesto can be stored in an air-tight container in the fridge for up to one week. In addition to caprese salad, pesto can also be used as a pasta sauce or topping for crackers (with or without a slice of cheese).
Recipe Notes
We recommend organic ingredients when feasible.
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Caprese Salad with Basil Pesto
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kristina
June 9, 2015 at 4:54 pmDoes pesto freeze well? Thx.
Amy Taylor (comment moderator)
June 11, 2015 at 12:46 pmHi. I freeze pesto often during the summer. The texture may change a little but it works well.
Felishia Hoffecker
July 5, 2015 at 5:24 pmWhat could you substitute in place of the pine nuts?
Amy Taylor (comment moderator)
July 7, 2015 at 12:54 pmWalnuts work well.
Kristi
September 25, 2017 at 9:16 pmI use sunflower seeds for a nut free pesto
Carolyn
August 1, 2015 at 10:12 amHello, Just a note for those of you who can’t eat dairy. Instead of parmesan cheese use nutritional yeast. :-)