This easy, beautiful pesto recipe is absolutely bursting with fresh herby flavour 

The best basil pesto

THE ITALIAN CLASSIC WITH BASIL, PARMESAN AND PINE NUTS

Ingredients

• 1 clove of garlic , peeled
• sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• a large bunch of fresh basil , leaves picked
• 50 g pine nuts
• 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 50 g Parmesan , finely grated
• OPTIONAL:
• 1 cooked jersey royal or new potato

Method

1. Bash the garlic in a pestle and mortar with a pinch of salt. Add the basil leaves and pine nuts and pound to a coarse paste. Muddle in the extra virgin olive oil and stir in the Parmesan, adding a splash of water if you like it a little runnier, then continue bashing and pounding until smooth.
2. Have a taste and season with salt and pepper, if needed. For a lovely creamy finish, try crumbling in and stirring through a cooked Jersey Royal. Serve with grilled meat or fish, or simply stirred through pasta – delicious!

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