Switching from (expensive) pine-nuts to others greatly reduces the cost. And what can you say -- Pesto is fantastic.
Ingredients (12 half-pints, frozen)This is a very free-form recipe. Taste each batch and modify quantities to meet your desires.
Note that we freeze these. With the amount of olive oil in each, they would go rancid if we attempted to can them.
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Pick and wash your basil.
Peel the garlic.
Nuts! Almonds and walnuts.
Add oil and puree everything.