italian pine nut pesto
- Author: Salt and Share
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 6-8 servings
- Category: Everything Else
- Cuisine: Italian
- 3 cups packed fresh basil leaves
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup parmesan cheese, grated
- ¼ cup pine nuts
- ½ cup olive oil
- Process pine nuts in food processor, add garlic and salt.
- Add basil in batches, processing until very smooth. You can alternate the olive oil with the basil if necessary.
- When mixture is very smooth, add parmesan cheese.
- Keeps in refrigerator for one week. You can freeze this for many months!