Homemade Garlic and Basil Pesto

Got a perfect dish like a salad or rice pasta but cannot think to add to it, that is clean and tasty?! Enter pesto!

There are many different pesto flavours, and this is a recipe for Garlic and Basil, which means I can use my basil plant! So great and satisfying using your own fresh produce, not just for freshness and flavour but also a lot more cost efficient.

Also so quick to whip up a batch, can be easily done for last minute flavour!

Ingredients:

3 garlic cloves

4 tbsp olive oil

4 tbsp (total) of pine nuts, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds

1 large handful of fresh basil leaves

150g grated pecorino cheese

Instructions:

1) Finely chop cloves of garlic and break down the nuts and seeds in a mortar and pestle.

2) Blend, in a food processor, the garlic, olive oil, nuts, seeds and basil leaves.

3) Then add the pecorino and blend until mixed and serve!

The pesto does keep really well if in an airtight container with a layer of olive oil on top of the  pesto for a week or two.