Traditional way of making pesto
It’s always great to have a simple spinach-pesto recipe which you can whip easily. This recipe is great for those who don’t like basil. You simply need to toss the spinach-pesto along with cooked pasta to make a simple but amazing meal for your family.
This spinach pesto recipe can also serve as a dish for a dinner party. This can be prepared ahead of time which will give you more time to spend mingling with your guests rather than rushing with the preparations in the kitchen. This very easy spinach pesto recipe is guaranteed to please any crowd!
Ingredients
- Black pepper – 1/8 tsp, freshly ground
- Sea salt – ¼ tsp
- Extra-virgin olive oil – 2 tbsp
- Pine nuts – ½ cup, toasted
- Garlic – 3 cloves
- Parmesan cheese – ¼ cup, freshly grated
- Parsley – ½ cup, fresh
- Spinach leaves – 2 cups, well washed, stemmed
Directions
- Put all the ingredients of the spinach pesto in a food processor. Process until you will produce a fine taste.
- Transfer the produced paste in a glass container. Coat thinly with olive oil on top of the paste. This will prevent the pesto’s top from getting discoloured.
- Keep the pesto refrigerated. The shelf-life of the spinach pesto can last up to 3 weeks.
Tip
You can make this dish every 3 weeks as a wonderful dinner option that you can fall back on. You just simply need to boil pasta then toss it with your spinach pesto next time you are in a hurry. Click here for more pesto recipes.
