Sauces

Basil and Avocado Pesto

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 5 mins
Total Time 25 mins
Course Sauce
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 2)

Ingredients

  • 1 bunch basil
  • 3 dashes olive oil
  • 3 teaspoons, leveled salt
  • 2 teaspoons, leveled pepper
  • 0.5 ½ avocado (s), ripe
  • 50 g pine nuts
Basil and Avocado Pesto
Basil and Avocado Pesto

Instructions

  1. Toast the pine nuts lightly brown in a coated pan without fat.
  2. Wash the leaves and finer stems of the basil and chop finely with a blender or hand blender. Add the oil and puree. Add the spices, the chopped avocado and finally the pine nuts and puree until a homogeneous mixture is formed.
  3. If you want, you can refine the pesto with a small splash of lemon juice. The quantities given are sufficient for 250 ml pesto.
  4. Spinach and ricotta tortellini go well with this.
Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

The Boss Kitchen editorial staff oversees content review, fact-checking, and recipe verification across the site. Published articles pass through the editorial team before going live, ensuring ingredient lists, techniques, cooking times, and nutritional claims hold up in a home kitchen. The team coordinates contributions across the site writers, handles reader corrections, and maintains consistency in measurement conventions, safety guidance, and dietary labeling. Posts under this byline typically represent team-reviewed reference material, site announcements, or editorial roundups rather than individual-author features, and they are held to the same sourcing standards as bylined recipe and product coverage.

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