So easy to make Homemade Pesto Genovese, using a Mortar and Pestle or with food processor instructions. Fresh Italian Sauce made with only 5 ingredients!
Course Condiment, Sauce
Cuisine Italian
Keyword Homemade Pesto, Pesto Genovese
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 20 minutesminutes
Servings 4people
Ingredients
1 ½cupsFresh Basil Leaves
2Garlic Cloves
¼cupPine Nutstoasted
¾cupsgrated Parmigiano ReggianoParmesan Cheese
¼cupExtra Virgin Olive Oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Pesto in Pestle and Mortar
Place the pine nuts, basil, garlic cloves into a pestle and mortar, and pound it all together, grinding it until it's a paste.
Add the olive oil and cheese and mix together. Salt and pepper to taste.
Food Processor Pesto
Place basil and garlic into the food processor.
Pulse for about 30 seconds.Add Pine Nuts and process for another 30 seconds.
Throw in the Hard Cheese (Parmigiano-Reggiano) and pulse until mixed.
Slowly drizzle in the Italian Olive Oil while food processor is running, until the Pesto is combined.