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Homemade Basil Pesto

Original recipe: 4 servings ·Original at bonappetit.com

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Ingredients as written

  • 0.5 cup chopped walnuts
  • 3 oz. Parmesan cheese, grated (about ¾ cup)
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely grated
  • 6 cups fresh basil leaves, loosely packed (about 3 bunches)
  • ¾ cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 12 oz. dried long pasta (such as spaghetti, linguine, or bucatini)
  • 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces

Instructions

Cooking steps are on the original recipe.

Ramekin keeps the attributed ingredient list for planning and shopping; it does not reproduce the publisher's method.

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