Pesto Sauce with Walnuts

This delicious sauce comes from Italy. I’ve read that it is over 200 years old and it is one of the most popular sauces in the world. The classic version of pesto sauce is made from olive oil, basil leaves, pine nuts, and grated hard cheese. However, nowadays there are many variations to the original recipe, and therefore, I decided to try out pesto sauce with walnuts. You can also replace, for example basil leaves with parsley, arugula, spinach, or even mint. In Sicily, they don’t even use nuts, but tomatos instead.    

Any variation of pesto sauce goes well with pasta, ravioli or rice. You can even use this sauce on a toast. 

Without further ado, let’s make pesto sauce!

Ingredients:

3 cups fresh basil leaves

2 cloves of garlic

1/4 cup walnuts

about 2/3 cup olive oil

3/4 cup Parmesan cheese, grated

salt and pepper, to taste

Directions:

1. Add basil leaves, garlic, and walnuts to the bowl of a food processor or a blender. Blend all together, while adding olive oil, until the consistency is to your liking.
2. Season with salt and pepper.
3. Add parmesan cheese when the pesto is ready to use.
4. Place the sauce in a glass jar or container, and tightly close it with a cap. The sauce can be stored in the fridge for a couple of days. You can also freeze the sauce: in that case it can be stored for about one month.
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