check it out there's three of
my favorite things in the whole world
you know some pesto some pasta and a
nice lady to cook it up you know it
doesn't get any better than that for
this recipe we're gonna use some pine
nuts you know we're gonna go ahead and
toast them up and you want to be
SuperDuper careful toasting these pine
nuts up you know it's only gonna take a
couple of minutes you know a few minutes
and watch him like a hawk cause you
don't want to burn your nuts you never
want to burn your nuts but you
especially don't want to burn your pine
nuts because they cost an arm and a leg
right but if you're gonna use a nice
ingredient like that you're sure gonna
use some freshly grated Parmesan cheese
right you don't want to skimp on the
cheese but you can't skimp a little bit
on the basil you know two cups a packed
basil if you want but we're gonna do 1
cup of packed basil and 1 cup of packed
spinach now go ahead in your food
processor we're gonna go ahead and and
start to break down our pine nuts and
our garlic give it a couple of pulse as
you start to get those things blended up
and then we're gonna throw in some salt
and pepper and some red pepper flakes
you don't have to put in red pepper
flakes but we do you know follow your
heart right the zest of one lemon and
the juice of one lemon and then you can
go ahead and throw your basil and
spinach leaves in there now we add a
little rinky-dink
processor so we're just gonna have to
add these things that incrementally you
know and pulse it up and push it down
and put more leaves in there but you
know if you've got a big old processor
you can just throw it all in there you
know but whatever kind of process you've
got you know however long it takes you
to do it ultimately you want to get it
to this stage right here
you know nice and blended and then we're
gonna add some oil now you're gonna end
up put in about 1/2 a cup of oil up to
3/4 of a cup of oil you know that kind
of range right there
but don't just haul off and throw in 3/4
of a cup of oil you know do it
incrementally you know and and taste it
and test it out you know and get it to
the right taste and smoothness that's
you like it and then once your pesto
meets your standards then you can go
ahead take it out of your food processor
put it in a little bowl and then we're
gonna go ahead and add
Parmesan cheese and just mix it in by
hand and at this point you know once you
get your cheese mixed in there boom
that's it your pesto is done you can do
whatever the hell you want with your
pesto we're gonna make a pesto pasta
tonight so go ahead and get whatever
kind of pasta you like and then make it
according to whatever directions you
know for that pasta and then once your
pastas cooked up go ahead and reserve a
little bit of the pasta water because
we're gonna use that as part of our
sauce later and then just drain the
pasta don't rinse the pasta because
you'll be rinsing away all that flavor
and richness you know just drain it and
then go ahead and throw your pot back on
the stove and put your pasta right back
in there and then we're gonna go ahead
and add the pesto and stir that around
but it's gonna be too pesto it's not
going to be a thin enough for a sauce so
what we're gonna do is we're gonna add
in just a wee little bit of the pasta
water you know so do that just a little
bit at a time because you don't want it
to be too thin or at least I don't like
it then I like a nice thick pesto sauce
so I just add a little itsy-bitsy
teeny-tiny bit of the pasta water back
in there but you know just once you get
into that consistency that you like then
that's it boom there you have it that's
your pesto pasta top it with some
Parmesan cheese and then there you go
let's move antastic oh great job camera
girl
so you mixed up some spinach with your
basil mmm his spinach or you can use
kale now we used pine nuts but pine nuts
are SuperDuper expensive what else yes
you can use roast the big thing is roast
in the nuts it adds a little flavor
walnuts are pretty good almonds but
really you can use anything well there
you have it man
give this pesto recipe a try you know
make it up in some pesto pasta if you
want that's a great way to have it but I
give it a go let us know what you think
and buon appetito
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