Fresh Pesto Pioneer Woman Recipe 445 Recipes

HOW TO MAKE PESTO

Steps:

• Put the basil leaves, pine nuts, lemon juice, garlic, sea salt, and black pepper in the work bowl of a food processor or in a blender. Pulse until finely chopped, scraping down the sides of the work bowl when necessary.While machine is running, pour in olive oil. Process until smooth. Add Parmesan cheese and pulse to combine. If you'd like your pesto to be looser, add a few more tablespoons of olive oil and process to combine.Store in an airtight container, refrigerated, until ready to use.

FRESH PESTO - PIONEER WOMAN RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• Add basil leaves to a food processor or blender. Throw in grated Parmesan, pine nuts, garlic, salt, and pepper. Turn on the food processor and drizzle in enough olive oil to get it to the consistency you want. To store pesto, add a thin layer of extra olive oil to the top (to prevent any air from getting to it), cover with a lid or plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 to 2 weeks. (You can also freeze up to 1 month). Uses for pesto: * Used it as a pizza sauce: just spread it on the pizza crust as you would regular pizza sauce. Especially perfect with veggie pizza or chicken pizza. Yum. * Stirred it into quiche filling. The quiche was filled with leeks, mushrooms, and Swiss cheese...a generous tablespoon of pesto completely transformed it. * Mixed it with heavy cream and poured it over pasta a fresh tomatoes. A triumph. * Stirred it into a chicken pasta salad: bowtie pasta, chicken chunks, lima beans, peas, carrots, corn, with a mayo/sour cream/half-and-half dressing. A generous addition of basil made it over-the-top irresistible. * Mixed it with mayonnaise for a perfect panini spread. Grilled chicken. Tomato slices. Chopped olives. Pesto mayonnaise. And the girl was so, so happy. * Added a generous amount to the sauce for my chicken parmigiana last night. A tablespoon wasn't enough. Two tablespoons wasn't enough. I think I wound up adding about 1/3 cup before it was all over...and the sauce was better than ever. I closed my eyes and gave thanks for basil.

FRESH PESTO

Steps:

• Combine the basil, pine nuts, garlic, and oil in a food processor and blend until a paste forms.
• Add the Parmesan cheese, Pecorino cheese, salt, and pepper and pulse until smooth.
• This is a crucial moment for your pesto, as you need to season with salt and pepper. Keep in mind that Parmigiano and Pecorino are both dry and salty cheeses, you have to taste your sauce a few times in order not to go overboard when you are seasoning it.
• Cover the pesto and keep in the refrigerator until you're ready to use it.
• Mix the pasta and the pesto, serve garnished with some grated Parmesan (just a touch), fresh ground pepper and a drizzle of olive oil.

PESTO

Steps:

• Add the basil leaves, Parmesan, pine nuts, garlic and salt and pepper to taste to a food processor or blender. Turn the machine on, then drizzle in the olive oil while it mixes. Continue blending until combined, adding additional olive oil if needed.

PESTO EGG PUFF PASTRY SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Heat the butter in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Beat 6 of the eggs together in a bowl. When the butter has melted, add the beaten eggs, spinach and pesto, along with a pinch each of salt and pepper. Scramble the eggs until cooked through, about 2 minutes. Remove the skillet from the heat and fold in the fontina.
• Beat together the remaining egg and a splash of cold water in a small bowl to make an egg wash. Set aside.
• Lay out the two sheets of puff pastry and roll them into 9-by-10-inch rectangles. Cut each into six 3-by-5-inch rectangles. Divide the egg mixture among six of the puff pastry rectangles, leaving a 1-centimeter border around the edges. Fold the ham and place it on top of the eggs. Brush the borders with the egg wash and top each with another puff pastry rectangle. Using a fork, crimp the edges to seal. Transfer to a baking sheet. Brush the tops with the egg wash and sprinkle with the everything seasoning. Bake until golden, about 15 minutes.
• Serve hot or cold and enjoy.

FRESH PESTO

Steps:

• Toast the almonds in a dry frying pan. Tip into a food processor with the basil, Parmesan, garlic and some seasoning. Whizz together while slowly pouring in the olive oil.
• Keep in a sterilised jar with a little extra oil to cover the top, in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.