Finally some bounty from my garden in the form of lovely fresh basil which is doing really well! The boys love pesto so we decided to make some with the basil.This is after I harvested what I needed to make the pesto:
I used Jamie Oliver’s recipe as I’ve yet to not like any of his recipes I’ve tried. I didn’t have any pinenuts so used cashews instead. When our walnut trees unload the tonnes of nuts on them I’ll be trying another recipe I spotted using walnuts so it will be even more home grown!
The parmesan was pre-grated (although fresh not dried) but next time I’ll make sure to have a block as I think it will be even nicer:
I’ve never made pesto before and the smell was amazing!
So of course for lunch it had to be spaghetti!
The flavour was just incredible, I’m so pleased I made it and will be doing so whenever I have enough basil. Louis and I planted about 10 more this evening I’m hoping it isn’t too late in the year to get good crops from them too. I’ll let you know how I go with the walnut recipe when I get a chance to try that.
Yum looks delicious! Can’t wait to see you all x
We’ll be making more while you are here for sure!
Looks great! Nothing better than clean eating 🙂
We are trying and getting there slowly! Helps that there practically are no takeaways etc to tempt us!
Wow, Flo would scarf that up in about 10 seconds flat! Do you use the stalks or just the leaves? Xx
I bet! The boys did – they loved it! I think I just used the leaves and some of the tiny stalks. Are they OK to use as well? xx
j’attends avec impatience d’y gouter! Je viens de trouver une recette pour une liqueur de noix:
500 gr de noix épluchées, 500 gr de sucre, 3/4 de l d’eau de vie à 50 °, 1 l d’eauMettez vos noix épluchées et hachées dans un récipient, versez l’eau de vie, bouchez et laisser reposer pour 10 jours. Faites un sirop et mélanger à la macération en prenant de verser le sirop encore tiède. Passez en exprimant. Enfin filtrze et mettez en bouteilles.
Félicitations Louis pour le jardin.
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Super recette, merci! Apparement le vin de noix est trés bon et trés facile aussi!
Home-made pesto is the BEST! ….along with the fresh stuff in jars that they sell in Italy. So many basil leaves eh.