This is the easiest pesto recipe, using easy to find ingredients. It can be prepared in 2 minutes after you toast the almonds.
Ingredients
- almonds: 0.25 cup
- garlic: 3 clove
- ½ cups fresh basil leaves: 1 piece
- olive oil: 0.5 cup
- pinch ground nutmeg: 1 piece
- salt and pepper: (to taste)
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Place almonds on a cookie sheet, and bake for 10 minutes, or until lightly toasted.
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In a food processor, combine toasted almonds, garlic, basil, olive oil, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Process until a coarse paste is formed.
