Pesto

 

Pesto is so simple and quick to do, and tastes a lot better than that ready-made stuff :-)
Makes about 3 Tbsp. Pesto to spread on meat or bread. For pesto to put on pasta, you'll have to at least quadruple the ingredients!

Preparation: You'll only need: A small pan A hand blender A dish for the hand blender
Ingredients (for 2 persons) Around half a bunch of Basil (in plucked leaves around 20 to 25 g) 8 g pine nuts 2 cloves of garlic 25 mL good olive oil 20 g finely grated parmesan cheese A pinch of good salt
Preparation Toast 8 g pine nuts in pan until dark brown. Set aside. Pluck 20 to 25 g basil leaves, rinse them. Roughly chop 2 cloves of garlic. Finely grate 20 g parmesan cheese. Measure 25 ml good olive oil, set aside in small dish. Put all ingredients into the dish for the hand blender (at first only around 2/3 of the oil) and purée. Take care that nothing gets stuck on the blender (like the cheese), check consistency (maybe add in small steps some of the remaining olive oil). The end result should be a fine, not too liquid mass, where you can't see oil on its own (otherwise you used too much oil).