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I have some basil plants in my garden. The Andalusian say, basil ensures that everything in the garden thrive and prosper.
My basil has a real peppery taste. I love this taste especially in pesto. This time I combined it with a salad. Delicious!
Green Pasta Salad
makes 1
80 g pasta ( I used Mini-Farfalle)
2 tb homemade basil pesto (recipe see below)
1 tb chopped olives (green or black ones)
2 tb roasted pine nuts
50 g frozen peas
cherry tomatoes, halved
olive oil
salt & pepper
Cook pasta according to instructions on the package the last five minutes ad frozen peas. Remove pasta from heat and strain when pasta is cooked, but still al dente.
Put pasta in a bowl. Mix in fresh basil pesto, olives, and pine nuts. Gently mix in cherry tomatoes, fresh basil leaves and olive oil. Salt and pepper to taste. Chill or serve at room temperature.
And here is a my basil pesto recipe. I always make it based on the ingredients at hand. So adjust the ingredients to your taste.
Basil Pesto
50 g basil , chopped roughly by hand
1 clove of garlic
1/2 ts salt
1 tb pine nuts, roasted
2 tb grated Parmesan cheese
good olive oil
Mix everything together in food processor except the cheese and oil. Once everything is mixed well, slowly add the olive oil in a constant stream while the food processor is on. Add the grated cheese and pulse again until blended.
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Und wie überzeugst du die Schnecken davon, dass sie dir etwas vom Basilikum übrig lassen? Bei mir hat dieses Kraut nur im Topf und auf dem Gartentisch stehend Überlebenschancen. Oder gibt es in Andalucien etwa keine Schnecken?
REPLY:
Doch es gibt sehr viele (Beweis hier), aber im Sommer ist es denen zu heiss und sie verkrümmeln sich, wohin weiss ich nicht. Ab und zu verirrt sich eine, die wird dann gnadenlos kalt gemacht.
What a beautiful photo of this pasta salad. I just made pesto last week myself. So yummy!