Several years ago, I worked for a chef who years before worked for an Italian family down in the Caribbean. They made A LOT of pesto. They made so much pesto that they discovered that using a meat grinder to make it was as good as any other method and very quick. We happened to have a small meat grinder at this restaurant I worked in and with the chef's guidance, I gave it a try. It worked like a dream - 10 lbs of fresh basil, raw garlic, toasted pine nuts and chunks of Parmigiano. Just pushed it all through the feed tube and I was done in no time.
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Several years ago, I worked for a chef who years before worked for an Italian family down in the Caribbean. They made A LOT of pesto. They made so much pesto that they discovered that using a meat grinder to make it was as good as any other method and very quick. We happened to have a small meat grinder at this restaurant I worked in and with the chef's guidance, I gave it a try. It worked like a dream - 10 lbs of fresh basil, raw garlic, toasted pine nuts and chunks of Parmigiano. Just pushed it all through the feed tube and I was done in no time.
It smelled heavenly, too!
Love this Alan 🥰. I can imagine the amazing aroma. Don’t know that I’ll ever have quite enough basil to merit a meat grinder, but you never know!