{"id":4453,"date":"2013-06-14T11:06:01","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T18:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/?p=4453"},"modified":"2014-04-14T15:12:26","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T22:12:26","slug":"basil-toasted-almond-pesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/basil-toasted-almond-pesto\/","title":{"rendered":"Basil &#038; Toasted Almond Pesto"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/basil-toasted-almond-pesto\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/european-recipes\/italian\/basil-toasted-almond-pesto\/attachment\/basil-almond-pesto-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4472\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4472\" title=\"Basil Almond Pesto 3\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Basil-Almond-Pesto-3.jpg\" width=\"3648\" height=\"2736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Basil-Almond-Pesto-3.jpg 3648w, https:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Basil-Almond-Pesto-3-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Basil-Almond-Pesto-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3648px) 100vw, 3648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is an easy recipe for basil almond pesto that is great as a pizza sauce. I haven&#8217;t tried it with pasta yet, but I bet it would be delicious! I was inspired by <a title=\"Basil Almond Pesto\" href=\"http:\/\/littleferrarokitchen.com\/2013\/02\/basil-almond-pesto\/\" target=\"_blank\">this recipe on The Little Ferraro Kitchen blog<\/a>, but used slivered almonds and less olive oil. I&#8217;ll post the yummy pizza we made it soon!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/european-recipes\/italian\/basil-toasted-almond-pesto\/attachment\/basil-almond-pesto-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4470\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4470\" title=\"Basil Almond Pesto 1\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Basil-Almond-Pesto-1.jpg\" width=\"3648\" height=\"2736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Basil-Almond-Pesto-1.jpg 3648w, https:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Basil-Almond-Pesto-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Basil-Almond-Pesto-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3648px) 100vw, 3648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/european-recipes\/italian\/basil-toasted-almond-pesto\/attachment\/basil-almond-pesto-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4471\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4471\" title=\"Basil Almond Pesto 2\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Basil-Almond-Pesto-2.jpg\" width=\"3648\" height=\"2736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Basil-Almond-Pesto-2.jpg 3648w, https:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Basil-Almond-Pesto-2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Basil-Almond-Pesto-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3648px) 100vw, 3648px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1\/3 cup almond slivers toasted (even if they come toasted at the store, toast them again!)<br \/>\n1 garlic clove roughly chopped<br \/>\n2 cups basil<br \/>\n1\/4 +1\/8 (about 6 tablespoons) olive oil<br \/>\n1\/4 cup dubliner cheese (parmesan is traditional, but we had Kerrygold Dubliner cheese and it worked just fine)<br \/>\nSalt<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Toast the almonds and let them cool.<\/li>\n<li>Put the almonds and garlic in a food processor and process until finely ground.<\/li>\n<li>Add basil, olive oil, cheese, salt and process until just blended.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"social-likes social-likes_notext\" data-title=\"Basil & Toasted Almond Pesto\" data-url=\"https:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/basil-toasted-almond-pesto\/\" data-counters=\"yes\"><div class=\"facebook\" title=\"Share link on Facebook\"><\/div><div class=\"plusone\" title=\"Share link on Google+\"><\/div><div class=\"twitter\" data-via=\"mayabugs\" title=\"Share link on Twitter\"><\/div><div class=\"pinterest\" title=\"Share image on Pinterest\" data-media=\"http:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Basil-Almond-Pesto-3.jpg\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an easy recipe for basil almond pesto that is great as a pizza sauce. I haven&rsquo;t tried it with pasta yet, but I bet it would be delicious! I was inspired by this recipe on The Little Ferraro &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mayabugs.com\/blog\/basil-toasted-almond-pesto\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"amazonpipp_noncename":"","amazon-product-isactive":"","amazon-product-single-asin":"","amazon-product-content-location":"","amazon-product-content-hook-override":"2","amazon-product-excerpt-hook-override":"3","amazon-product-singular-only":"","amazon-product-amazon-desc":"","amazon-product-show-gallery":"","amazon-product-show-features":"","amazon-product-newwindow":"3","amazon-product-show-list-price":"","amazon-product-show-used-price":"","amazon-product-show-saved-amt":"","amazon-product-timestamp":"","amazon-product-new-title":"","amazon-product-use-cartURL":"","amazon_featured_post_meta_key":"","_amazon_featured_alt":"","amazon-product-template":"","_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[179,81],"tags":[1118,1119,1121,1120],"class_list":["post-4453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-european-fusion-recipes","category-italian","tag-basil-almond-pesto","tag-basil-toasted-almond-pesto","tag-best-pesto-for-pizza","tag-toasted-almond-pesto"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Basil &amp; Toasted Almond Pesto - Mayabugs&#039;s Recipes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here is an easy recipe for basil almond pesto that is great as a pizza sauce. 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