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Let’s make a delicious fresh pesto sauce recipe in the Mortar and Pestle. You can always make this in a food processor as well, but there’s nothing quite like the layers of flavor that arise from using a Mortar and Pestle. Let’s get started!
Fresh Pesto Sauce
Make Fresh Pesto Sauce in a Mortar and Pestle
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 garlic cloves, quartered
- 25 basil leaves
- 3 tsbp pine nuts
- 2 oz parmesan cheese grated
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 cup olive oil extra virgin
Instructions
- Put garlic cloves into mortar. Grind into a garlic paste. Add basil, a few leaves at a time and continue to grind. Then add pine nuts, 1 tbsp at a time, and continue to grind. Add parmesan cheese, one handful at a time. Grind in mortar until fully combined and paste-like. Add lemon juice and mix until fully combined. Then add olive oil, a little at a time until fully mixed in. Then add to the pasta of your choice, serve and enjoy!
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Notes
You can also make this recipe in a food processor and it will be lovely. However, the mortar and pestle brings out unique and wonderful layers of flavors. There's just nothing like a mortar and pestle for this recipe. To learn more about the mortar and pestle I'm using, here is my Mortar and Pestle Review and Tutorial.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 153kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 3gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 5mgSodium: 114mgPotassium: 22mgFiber: 0.1gSugar: 0.2gVitamin A: 122IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 89mgIron: 0.2mg
Hi, I’m Allison, the founder of Simple Fantastic Kitchen. I live in the mountains in a tiny house with a tiny kitchen where I make