2000s Recipes + Menus
Kemp’s Pesto
Makesabout 1 cup
- Active time:15 min
- Start to finish:15 min
September 2008
Learn how our executive food editor rediscovered the joys of fresh pesto and made it her own.
- 2 to 3 large garlic cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/3 cup raw green (hulled) pumpkin seeds (pepitas) or sunflower seeds
- 2 cups packed basil leaves
- 1 cup packed flat-leaf parsley sprigs
- 1/2 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
- 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
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Mince and mash garlic to a paste with sea salt.
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Pulse seeds in a food processor until finely ground. Add garlic paste, basil, and parsley to processor and pulse until finely chopped. Add cheese and oil and pulse to combine.
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