How to Make Homemade Pesto in 5 Minutes!

How to Make Homemade Pesto in 5 Minutes!

If you’re a pesto lover, then you know there is nothing better than fresh, homemade basil pesto. And if you are someone who isn’t hooked on this tasty snack, then making your own pesto right from the basil leaves that you plucked yourself will definitely change your mind! Today, I’m going to show you just how easy it is to make your own fresh, homemade pesto in under 5 minutes!

Watch How Easy It Is To Make Fresh Pesto HERE!

Check out our homemade pesto video on YouTube!

Ingredients

This pesto recipe is quick, fun, and super easy. And all you need is five ingredients!

-2 cups fresh basil leaves

-1/2 cup Parmesan cheese

-1/2 cup olive oil

-4 tbsp pine nuts

-3 cloves of garlic, peeled

You will also need a food processor to make homemade pesto. Chopping and mixing it all by hand will be extremely tedious and you won’t get that classic consistency that you want.

(If you don’t have a food processor or blender and want to try it by hand, I’m sure you will still make something tasty that will go great with a baguette. Just don’t expect it to turn out like the food processed version!)

Steps to Make Homemade Pesto

I’m a huge garlic lover so I used 6 cloves but I would recommend starting with 3. Since the garlic is raw, it adds a real bite to the flavor. Peel the cloves and add them to the processor.

Peel your garlic and add them to the food processor. Start with 3 and you can always add more!

Measure out the olive oil, Parmesan cheese, and pine nuts, add it into the processor.

1/2 cup of olive oil
1/2 cup of grated Parmesan cheese
4 tablespoons of pine nuts

Finally, pick about 2 cups of fresh basil, wash leaves, and add them right in.

2 cups of fresh basil leaves, washed

Literally just throw all of these ingredients in a food processor and blend it to the desired consistency!

Place all of the ingredients right into the food processor
Blend the pesto to your desired consistency
Your finished homemade pesto!

Enjoy with a baguette or whatever else you like to enjoy your pesto with!!

Conclusion

It’s really THAT easy to make your own homemade pesto, and when you use basil that you’ve harvested yourself, it always tastes better!

Another great part about this recipe is that you can easily adjust the amounts of the ingredients to suit your tastes. It’s really really hard to screw up homemade pesto as long a you use this recipe as a basic blueprint.

So have fun and enjoy making your own pesto!

Take Care,

Cody

Thistle Downs Farm

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