Hello guys!
Welcome to my Back To Basics series.
I decided to make this video series because I used to buy all these products, really really
basic products that are so easy to make at home, and they used to cost a fortune.
So one by one I started making them at home and I enjoyed it so much, I saved so much
money, and everything tasted so much better.
So this series is all about that: making all of the basic things at home, instead of buying
them canned or in jars in the supermarket, and also saving lots of money, and it will
be good for your health because all of those homemade items are going to be so much more
nutritious for you.
And of course so much more delicious!
So in this series I'll show you how to make things like homemade pesto, tahini, hummus,
and chicken liver pate, and also coconut milk.
If I think of anything else, then I'll just add it to the series.
But these are the things on top of my head now.
Today, I'm going to show you how to make a wonderful Italian pesto at home.
My husband actually said it tasted better than the one his Italian aunt used to make,
so I guess it is pretty good, and it's really easy.
You just need a few ingredients that are really easy to find wherever you live, and you need
just a food processor, and you can make it in literally 5 minutes.
It tastes amazing.
So let's get started!
So time for the ingredients!
First of all, the star ingredient is fresh basil - you'll need around 100g, and then
you'll need 1 clove of garlic - I use quite a big one because I love garlic.
You'll need 2 tablespoons of pine nuts.
You'll also need 60g of Parmesan or any hard sheep cheese.
You'll also need 60ml of extra virgin olive oil and also 1 tablespoon of hemp seed or
flaxseed oil for some extra Omega 3's.
A sprinkle of sea salt or Himalayan salt, and also a food processor - that's the most
important thing, isn't it?
So first of all, I'm going to start by peeling my garlic, and I also chopped it up for some
reason - I don't even know why because the food processor would do it for me anyway,
but I guess it makes it easier for it.
Now I'm opening the food processor and putting the garlic in, then I'm going to add the pine
nuts, and then I'm going to stuff it with all the basil leaves.
I'm actually going to do it in 3 batches because my food processor is really small, so this
is just the first batch.
Just look at those leaves!
They're so beautiful.
I love basil so much.
it's definitely one of my favorite herbs.
So then I'm going to close it and blend it all together, and if any leaves get stuck
and you see that nothing is happening, just open it up, move those leaves around, and
it's going to blend everything perfectly.
So this is the second batch, and after this batch actually I did the third batch as well,
but I didn't film it anymore because, you know, it's pretty straight forward, isn't
it?
So here you go, that's done.
So this is what it looks like at this stage.
It's just the beginning, it's not ready, but it's already looking amazing.
So now I'm going to take some cheese.
I'm going to cut two pieces like that, and I'm also going to chop them into cubes, just
to make it a little bit easier for my food processor.
I'm adding my hemp seed oil.
Now, I'm closing it and blending it once again.
Then I'm opening it and adding all the olive oil, and this is almost ready at this point.
I'm also adding black pepper and salt.
I'm closing it up and blending it for the last time.
Here it is - the finished product!
The pesto is ready.
Now I'm just taking a recycled jar, and of course I have to clear the blade first.
My husband loves licking it - he doesn't want to waste anything.
So I'm going to fill up the jar.
This is the finished product.
I love it so much!
We keep it in the fridge for a week or two weeks, but honestly mostly it just goes away
after two days.
So here's what it looks like.
Doesn't it look amazing?
I just love the colour so much.
We use it for so many things: we use it on some bread, we add it to salads, we add it
to pasta, to rice, we eat it alone - it's wonderful for anything really.
So I really hope that you enjoyed this recipe and I hope that you really enjoy this Back
To Basics series, and if you'd like to see the next instalment, just subscribe to my
channel.
Thanks so much for watching and I'll see you in my next video.
Bye!