Pesto Sauce recipes

Made this at volunteering in kitchen. Its actually very simple if you have the ingredients and a food processor. All we used is:
4 cup fresh basil leaves, don't need to chop
1 cups grated Parmesan cheese
3 garlic cloves
1 tsp salt
1/4 -1/2 cup oil

Add basil, salt, and garlic into the processor and process it a bit then steadily pour the cheese in and then the oil. The consistency looked like the first picture below. 


I found a few different pesto recipe. I wasn't instructed to add salt and pepper so I didn't add any. And I just peeled the garlic and pulsed it in blender to chop it up.

The pesto I made looked like the 2nd picture. It was a bit chunky and I think it looked unpleasant but the chef said it's ready, done.


Pesto sauce with pine nuts:
2 cup fresh basil leaves
1/4 cup pine nuts
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese grated
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
salt and pepper to taste

To make pesto sauce, put basil, pine nuts, garlic, and parmesan cheese in a food process. Pulse them together as you drizzle the olive oil through a tube until well blended.Season with salt and pepper

Pesto sauce with walnuts:
3 cups fresh basil leaves
 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts
 4 cloves garlic, peeled
 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
 1 cup olive oil
 salt and pepper to taste

In a food processor, blend together basil leaves, nuts, garlic, and cheese. Pour in oil slowly while still mixing. Stir in salt and pepper.

Cilantro Pesto:
2 cups, packed, of cilantro, large stems removed
1/2 cup blanched almonds
1/4 cup chopped red onion
1/2 teaspoon chopped and seeded serrano chile
1 teaspoon Kosher salt
1/4 cup olive oil

In a food processor, pulse the cilantro, almonds, onion, chile, and salt until well blended. With the food processor running, slowly add the olive oil in a steady stream. Add more oil as needed for your use.

Black Spaghetti with Sausage and Pesto

BY:BK

I love this picture and and creativity Holly created. And the quality of the sausage picture looks drooling good. The sausage looks tender good and juicy. This picture made me crave for some white sausage but there so expensive. So I only can imagine.

Ingredients:
1 package black spaghetti
1 lb pork sausage (any kind you like)

For the Pesto sauce:
2 cup fresh basil leaves
1/4 cup pine nuts
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese grated
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
Cut sausage into about 1"size chunks
Poke 6-10 spaghetti noodles through each sausage pieces. When done, drain the noodles and drizzle olive oil to prevent them from sticking.
Boil water and cook sausage spaghetti noodles according to package directions, about 9 minutes.
To make pesto sauce, put basil, pine nuts, garlic, and parmesan cheese in a food process. Pulse them together as you drizzle the olive oil through a tube until well blended.Season with salt and pepper.
Toss the spaghetti with pesto sauce and serve.