Pesto with Courgettes and Basil

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  • Time icon
    Total Time
    10mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    4
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    337
based on 17 ratings

Courgette and basil pesto, excellent heated in a pan with pasta. To serve, add the pesto and cooked pasta in a frying pan over a high heat, sautéing it so that the courgettes cook quickly and lightly. User generated recipes have not been re-tested by Kenwood.

Inspired by: https://blog.giallozafferano.it/mille1ricette/

recipe updated 30 Mar 2023

Ingredients

  • Courgette icon
    Courgette
    4
  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    2
  • Pine nuts icon
    Pine nuts
    30 g
  • Fresh basil leaves icon
    Fresh basil leaves
    12
  • Fresh parsley icon
    Fresh parsley
    2 sprigs
  • Mint leaves icon
    Mint leaves
    8
  • Olive oil icon
    Olive oil
    70 ml
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    1 pinch
  • Parmesan cheese icon
    Parmesan cheese
    60 g
  • Pecorino cheese icon
    Pecorino cheese
    50 g

Tools

  • kCook icon kCook Multi
  • kCook icon Kcook bowl

Step preview

  1. Fit extra fine grating disc (1) to direct prep attachment
  2. Fit direct prep attachment to kCook Multi
  3. Fit max blade to kCook bowl
  4. Add courgette to the kCook bowl
  5. Fit kCook bowl to kCook Multi
  6. Attach lid to kCook bowl with filler cap fitted
  7. Chop with filler cap fitted - 10 sec, speed 8
  8. Then add pine nuts, garlic clove, fresh basil leaves, fresh parsley, mint leaves, olive oil and salt to the kCook bowl
  9. Turn direct prep attachment to position 1
  10. Grate parmesan cheese and pecorino cheese into the kCook bowl with direct prep attachment
  11. Turn direct prep attachment to position 2
  12. Chop with filler cap fitted - 10 sec, speed 7
  13. Chop with filler cap fitted - 1 min, speed 12
  14. Serve
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