Pesto.

One of my favourite sauces, if you make a jar of good pesto, you'll never have a tasteless meal! I have a pot of basil in my kitchen so I'm never out of basil to make me some pesto. Once made, you can store it in a jar topped with some extra virgin olive oil and it can last you for days. The first thing that comes to mind when you say pesto is ofcourse, pasta. But I like my pasta with creamy pesto and not with claggy lumps of basil. Where did I learn to make great pesto? Jamie Oliver. He is my guru and I think I'm his apprentice. Small glitch: He doesn't know...yet ;) So to make perfect pasta with pesto, mix the pesto you've made with some belchamel sauce until you get a light green colour. Add pieces of soft chicken breast, whole olives and some almonds soaked in warm water for about 10 minutes and you have the best pasta ever!

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How to make pesto?

INGREDIENTS:

• Basil
• Olive Oil
• Lime
• Salt
• Pepper
• Parmesan Cheese
• Pine Nuts
• Garlic

Put everything in a pestle and mortar (or food processor) and keep adding more of the seasoning until you're happy with the taste. I can't really give you amounts for the ingredients because everyone likes their pesto different.

Once you have this basic pesto you can use it as a spread, marinade and sauce and make the most spectacular dishes! If you need some more ideas on what to use it for, tweet me!

Stay Hungry!

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