Basil and spinach pesto
There is not much in this world that is better than pesto. With its densely concentrated flavor, pesto perks up the simplest foods, from pasta to potatoes, to bread, to soup, to eggs, to chicken or fish. You can’t go wrong by adding a dollop of pesto.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 1 .5 cups 1x
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 garlic cloves, peeled
- 1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
- 1 big handful of stemmed basil leaves, about 2 ounces
- 1 big handful of stemmed spinach leaves, about 2 ounces
- 1/4 – 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
- Zest from 1 lemon
- 1 T lemon juice
- 5 T olive oil
- 1 pinch of red pepper flakes
- 3/4 t salt
- Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Whirl the garlic in a food processor until finely minced. Add the remaining ingredients and whirl until well combined. Taste and adjust seasonings. That’s all. Just one step!