Chirrific Pesto

Nemesis Merc and Chirr sharing a meal

Share with your friends/guests/self/forcefully acquainted murderslave! They're bound to love it. Not actually made of Chirr- but is just as delightful.

  • Makes: 2-4 servings

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups basil leaves, packed
  • 6 tbsp. water
  • 4 tbsp. Parmesan cheese, grated (vegan parm also works here too)
  • 1/4 cup pine nuts
  • 1 tbsp. olive oil
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 2 tbsp. lemon juice
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. black pepper
  • Pasta of your choice (Fusilli or any pasta with ridges that can capture/keep sauce is recommended)

Directions:

  1. Wash the basil leaves and pat dry
  2. Put all the ingredients except pasta into a food processor or blender
  3. Blend the pesto until smooth and the color is a light green. Pesto normally isnt smooth but this recipe is lower on fat so the smoothness has better mouth feel.
  4. Store the pesto in a container and set aside in the fridge
  5. Cook pasta according to package instructions
  6. Drain/rinse the pasta
  7. Combine the pesto sauce and pasta. Use as much of the pesto you want, but normally this serving of pesto can coat a whole box of Fusilli