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Homemade Chilli Pesto

Homemade pesto, perfect for mixing in with your weekly pasta dish, topping bruschetta and pizza!!

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Ingredients:

  • 2 handful of basil
  • 150ml olive oil
  • 40g Parmesan
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 50g pine nuts

Methods:

  1. Toast the pine nuts on a medium heat until golden.
  2. Peel the garlic, crush and chop finely
  3. Grab a food processor and add the basil, pine nuts, olive oil garlic and Parmesan.4. Blend till smooth.

Top tip: You can add chilli to make the pesto have more of a bite, or tomato to make it more mild and chunky.  Perfect for mixing in with pasta, on bread or as a base on pizza!

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