Homemade Pesto

Ingredients

• 4 cups packed fresh basil leaves
• 1/4 cup Italian parsley
• 2 cloves garlic, peeled and lightly crushed
• 1 cup pine nuts
• 1 1/2 cups shredded Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil, or more as needed
• Salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions

Place basil, Italian parsley, and garlic into a food processor, pulse several times to combine, and process until basil is finely chopped, about 30 seconds. Add pine nuts to basil mixture; process until finely chopped, 30 more seconds. Process Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese into mixture until finely ground.

Mix lemon juice into mixture with the machine running; slowly drizzle olive oil into pesto in the running machine until incorporated and pesto is thoroughly combined. Turn off machine and season pesto to taste with salt and black pepper.