10-Minute Easy Pistachio Sauce ( Pistachio Pesto Recipe )
This fresh and delicious pistachio sauce comes together in a blink of an eye! All you need are a handful of ingredients, a food processor or a blender, and a few minutes to whip up this wonderful pesto.
Equipment
- Food Processor/Blender
Ingredients
- ¼ cup Pistachios
- 2½ cup Basil
- 2 tbsp Parmesan cheese shredded
- 1 Lemon squeezed
- 2 medium Garlic cloves
- ¼ cup Olive Oil
- ¼ tsp Salt
- Black pepper powder a pinch
Instructions
- If you don't have pistachios with no shells, just unshell them yourself. It'll only take 5 minutes and it isn't that hard.
- Take basil leaves and wash them properly by keeping them in a strainer and running water water over them. Then use a clean dry cloth and pat them lightly to soak all the water from the leaves, and keep them aside.
- Now, remove the skin of the garlic by pressing it or peeling it with a knife. While you're at it, shred some parmesan cheese too.
- In a food processor, add basil, pistachios, grated cheese, garlic, olive oil, salt, black pepper powder, and lemon juice.
- Blitz them together into a thick textured pesto, store it in a jar, and place it in the refrigerator.
- Your pistachio sauce is ready!
Notes
- Use ice cubes: When blending the ingredients, add a couple of ice cubes to the blender to avoid getting it warm and ruining the color of your pesto.
- Don't jam all the ingredients at once: Please don't be tempted to add all the ingredients to the blender at once, if you have a small one. Add 2-3 ingredients at most to avoid the blender from heating up, and it helps mix their texture and flavors well.
- Lemon Juice is optional: If you think the flavor of lemon juice is too strong and overshadowing other flavors, limit the quantity or simply skip adding it. Use ice cubes instead to keep it bright and fresh.
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