{"id":2187,"date":"2024-07-20T15:58:28","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T21:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2024-07-25T14:26:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T20:26:55","slug":"got-basil-try-this-easy-pesto-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happysimpleliving.com\/got-basil-try-this-easy-pesto-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistachio Basil Pesto Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you like the vibrant, herbal flavor of homemade pesto sauce, you’re going to love this Pistachio Basil Pesto<\/strong> recipe. Bright green fresh basil is blended with roasted pistachio nuts, grated Parmesan cheese, garlic, extra virgin olive oil and seasonings for a versatile sauce and spread you’ll love. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can add this pesto sauce with pistachios to pasta, chicken, salad dressing, dips, creamy sauces, and grilled foods. Stir it in mashed potatoes, serve it over a steak, spread it on garlic bread or sandwiches, use it as a pizza topping<\/a>, add it to scrambled eggs, and so much more. (Scroll down to see my favorite recipes with pesto below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you’re a pesto lover, be sure to check out our other popular recipe for Basil Mint Pesto<\/a>! <\/p>\n\n\n

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Why You’ll Love This Recipe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Easy to Make:<\/strong> The simple recipe has just 6 ingredients and takes 15 minutes to make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazing Flavor:<\/strong> The combination of crunchy, rich pistachio nuts with fresh basil, zesty garlic, and Parmesan cheese is really tasty! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Versatile:<\/strong> You can use pesto sauce as a sauce, spread, dip, condiment or topping for so many different foods.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Why I Prefer Pistachio Nuts Instead of Pine Nuts in Pesto<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Pistachio nuts have a delightful flavor that people really<\/em> seem to love in this recipe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there’s another important reason why I prefer pistachio nuts in my pesto instead of pine nuts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps you’d like to read my wicked bad tale about the time I came down with a condition called Pine Mouth <\/a>from eating counterfeit pine nuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For nine long days, everything I ate or drank tasted like turpentine. For a food lover like me, having Pine Mouth was pure torture!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The short version of my painful lesson learned:  always buy locally-grown pinons or pine nuts, never cheap imports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ingredients Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here’s what you’ll need to make easy pistachio basil pesto recipe: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 cup shelled, roasted pistachio nuts<\/strong> – You can also buy the unshelled nuts and remove the shells. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 1\/4 cups packed fresh basil leaves<\/strong> – Pull just the leaves from the thicker stems. It’s okay to keep some of the thinner, more tender stems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1 clove fresh garlic<\/strong>, peeled and roughly chopped<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 cup extra virgin olive oil<\/strong> – Use the best quality olive oil you have for this recipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese<\/strong> – Freshly grated cheese has the best flavor, but you can also use pre-grated Parmesan if that’s what you have on hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/4 teaspoon fine sea salt<\/strong> – This recipe is not heavily salted. You can taste and add more salt at the end if you like. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Equipment Needed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The main equipment you’ll need for this easy pesto recipe is: <\/p>\n\n\n\n