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i have made it with fresh grown parsley and i've made it with fresh grown basil. both batches included olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic, and parmesan cheese. i believe i preferred the basil batch over the parsley batch.
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🟠 isolabellart 1y ago

True Genoese pesto is only made with fresh, small-leaf basil.

Pepper does not go there, instead you absolutely need a small amount of pine nuts and in addition to parmesan you need some pecorino cheese.

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Derek Ross 1y ago

i wanted to add pine nuts, but the only reason i did not is because we didn't have any and the few times i've made pesto i did not want to go to the store to buy some :)

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🟠 isolabellart 1y ago

Sorry, without pine nuts it is not Genoese pesto, and they should never be replaced by walnuts or the like :)