Simple Roasted Garlic Pesto

photo by PaulaG

- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1 head garlic, roasted
- 3 -4 cups fresh basil leaves
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 cup grated parmescan cheese
- olive oil
directions
- Cut off the top of a whole head of garlic so most of the cloves show through the top.
- Wrap in foil and bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.
- In a food processor add the roasted garlic, basil (crush in fingers as you add it), cheese and about 2 tbs oil.
- Pulse and check consistency. If its too thick add more oil.
- Enjoy over pasta!
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I had extremely prolific basil this year so this is my third batch of pesto (and I could easily make one more! LOL) I could only find elephant garlic for some reason so it took about 15 minutes more to roast to perfection but that was the only real change I had to make. Since I had so much garlic I also used closer to the larger amounts of everything. I did add a little salt and pepper but otherwise found this perfect. Thanks for sharing!