Pesto Presto Recipe - Kraft Recipes

What You Need

6

cups loosely packed fresh basil leaves

1

cup KRAFT Tuscan House Italian Dressing

1/2

cup KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese

Make It

PROCESS ingredients in food processor until well blended.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Cooking Know-How

Toss with hot cooked pasta for an easy meatless entree.

Make Ahead

Pour prepared pesto into ice cube trays and freeze until firm. Then, pop the frozen pesto out of the trays, place in freezer-weight resealable plastic bags and store in the freezer until ready to use. Thaw in refrigerator before using.

How to Store

Store pesto in tightly covered container in refrigerator for up to 1 week.

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Tom0223_2000

posted:9/2/2012

It was pretty ordinary tasting until I added a half jar of banana peppers. Then, fantastic! It did take me an hour to pick the leaves, but I don't count that as recipe time.

sue2422

posted:9/23/2011

where did they get the loose basil leaves? including tearing the leaves off the plants, this took 2.5 hours, not 10 minutes. too much effort for the result.

VeeAych

posted:7/19/2011

The quickie version. i give it four stars cuz of the ease! Very quick staple for summer drop-ins! And save yourself a couple more steps in the freezing process: fill quart ziplocs, press pesto flat, zip n freeze. Then just break chunks off as needed for tossing with pasta, dropping into soup, stir fries, whatever! No fiddling around with ice cube trays necessary.

kellylynnlang

posted:2/20/2009

My son loves pesto with pasta so this receipe was a hit. It is also very good mixed with sour cream for a dip.

bekahlp

posted:11/2/2008

Pesto can be hard to find in an affordable and large container so this is absolutely perfect! Tastes great and I love the fact that I can keep it at the ready by storing it as cubes in the freezer.

Annie040205

posted:7/29/2008

This was great! I will make this all the time to have on hand!

QueenBeeloved

posted:10/2/2007

very nice. I would only add some garlic and some sundried tomato

a cook

posted:12/27/2006

This is a huge hit with my family. We toss it with buttered noodles(wide).

dhannya

posted:8/16/2006

It so simple and delicious

tkjkbrown

posted:9/17/2005

It's so easy! I have a cuisinart and it chopped everything and mixed it up very well! I did add 1/2 c toasted pine nuts, 1 clove garlic, and 1/4 c parsley, plus salt and pepper to taste. I love Italian dressing so the vinegar taste is new and different in this pesto compared to others I've made with Extra Virgin Olive Oil. I doubled this recipe and ended up with 1 1/2 ice cube trays of pesto.