Sun Dried Tomato Pesto Sauce
How to use up some of that extra summer basil.
Equipment
- Food Processor
Ingredients
- ½ cup basil leaves packed
- ½ cup pine nuts toasted
- 3 cloves garlic
- zest lemon 1/2 lemon
- ½ teaspoon salt kosher
- 1 cup sun dried tomatoes oil-packed
- ¼ cup Parmesan Reggian cheese grated
- ¾ cup olive oil
Instructions
- Drain the sun dried tomatoes of excess oil.
- In the bowl of your food processor, pulse the garlic a couple of times.
- Add the basil, pine nuts, zest, salt and drained sun dried tomatoes. Pulse until coarsely chopped.
- Add the cheese and pulse to distribute evenly.
- With the food processor running, drizzle olive oil through the feed tube until you end up with a thick paste.
- Taste and add a bit more salt if necessary.