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<\/a><\/p>\nI used to think that I liked pesto until I tried to make it myself. No matter what recipe I tried the pesto turned brown very soon after it was made and didn’t taste right. Gross. And using all those pricey ingredients only to have an inedible result made me give up trying to make pesto at home. But that was before I discovered the secret of perfectly green basil pesto: if you blanch it it will stay green.<\/p>\n
Take the extra step of blanching the basil, immersing it in an ice bath, wringing out the excess liquid, and removing the stems* before<\/em> putting it in the food processor. Now your homemade pesto will both retain the bright green color and taste fresh like it’s supposed to!<\/p>\n Here are some other tips<\/p>\n Perfectly Green Basil Pesto<\/strong> Ingredients<\/span><\/p>\n 4 oz fresh basil, washed Procedure<\/span><\/p>\n *I’ve read that the stems can also cause your pesto to turn brown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I used to think that I liked pesto until I tried to make it myself. No matter what recipe I tried the pesto turned brown very soon after it was made and didn’t taste right. Gross. And using all those … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[370],"tags":[387,317,258,71],"class_list":["post-10720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salads-dressings","tag-basil","tag-pasta","tag-pasta-salad","tag-sauce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshbynorthwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshbynorthwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshbynorthwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshbynorthwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshbynorthwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10720"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/freshbynorthwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11422,"href":"https:\/\/freshbynorthwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10720\/revisions\/11422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshbynorthwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freshbynorthwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshbynorthwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freshbynorthwest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n\n
\nYield: About 1 1\/8 cups<\/p>\n
\nabout 1 cup of grated parmesan or pecorino
\n2 cloves of garlic, chopped
\n2-3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
\na couple of dashes of crushed red pepper
\nfreshly ground black pepper to taste
\nsea salt to taste (add last after tasting because the cheese adds saltiness)<\/p>\n\n