Recipes with basil - 26 recipes
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Watermelon, feta & basil salad

By Aude
Cut the watermelon into small cubes and place in a large salad bowl
- 1/2 watermelon
- 1 block of feta cheese
- A few basil leaves
Italian Style Couscous Cakes

By agrawal.shweta.n, Merry Tummy
I made couscous cakes using basil and oregano to give that Italian touch
- 3/4 cup couscous
- 1 cup boiling water
- Salt to taste
- 1 large garlic clove crushed
- 1/4 cup packed fresh basil leaves
- 2 tablespoons fresh oregano leaves.
- 2 green chilles chopped
- 1 teaspoon lime juice
- 1/2 cup chickpeas, rinsed and drained (canned)
- Olive oil for roasting
Organic pasta twists with basil and parsley coulis

By Alpina Savoie
Cook the pasta twists as indicated on the packet, in boiling salted water
- 400g oragnic pasta twists
- 1 bunch of fresh basil
- 1 bunch of parsley
- 100 ml chicken stock (cold)
- 150 ml of olive oil
- 150 ml crème fraiche 35% fat
Snacks, Starters, and Nibbles - Basil, Pine nut and Chilli Humdinger Hummus

By Keith Bradbury, FROM ALFREDO'S WITH LOVE...
Hot, hot day. Cat flat out on the flags
- 1 400g can chickpeas
- Bunch of Greek basil – though you could use ordinary
- Glugs of Olive oil
- 1 garlic clove chopped
- 75 gm pine nuts – toasted lightly in a dry frying pan
- Good handful of grated pecorino
- 1 red chilli deseeded and chopped
- Salt and pepper
Tomato Basil and Cheese scrambled eggs

By queenselphie
A lovely way to do scrambled eggs for breakfast
- 1 plum tomato
- butter
- 1 tablespoon of cheese
- 2 large free range eggs
- cream
- toasted ciabatta, to serve
- few torn basil leaves
Macaroon with tomato basil feta

By Poune , blog : Le grain de sel de Poune
While mixing the icing sugar and ground almonds, sift fine
Shrimp with Basil-Mango Sauce Recipe

By sparklingshrimp
Simple basil sauce and top it with tender cooked shrimp
- 1 medium ripe mango or 2 medium peaches, peeled and sliced
- 2 to 4 tablespoons minced fresh basil
- 12 cooked medium shrimp, peeled
- 1 tablespoon butter
- Basil sprigs
Parmesan shortbread, dried tomatoes and basil

By Chouya , blog Qui dort ... dine
Make a ball of dough with the flour, softened butter, basil and egg, add a little water if needed to form a smooth ...
Basil pesto

By Ryan wintle
roughly chop basil and put into a processor
- 20g basil
- 25g grated parmesan
- 50g pine nuts
- 4 tbsp. olive oil
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Tomato and mozzarella sticks
- Cherry tomatoes
- Cocktail sticks
- Mozzarella
- Basil
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Chickpea pasta salad with basil
- 1 tin of 250 g chickpeas
- 2 tomatoes, seeded and chopped
- 1 small spring onion, finely chopped
- 3 tbsp basil
- 250g pasta
- 4 tbsp oil
- 1/2 clove garlic, crushed
- 1 tbsp wine vinegar
- A little chilli powder (optional)
- salt and pepper
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bruchetta
- - 6 thick slices wholemeal country bread
- - Tomatoes
- - 300g mozzarella
- - 2 cloves garlic
- - 6 tbsp olive oil
- - 20 leaves basil
- - salt
- - pepper
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One Pan Pasta
- 2 cups water
- 2 oz angelhair pasta
- 3 oz grape tomatoes
- 5-6 cloves garlic, sliced
- 3-4 leaves basil, chopped
- 1 tbsp oil (sesame or olive)
- salt to taste
- 2-3 mushrooms
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Mad's Pesto
- 3 Bunches of Basil (stalks removed)(a bunch is about a 100g)
- 1 Bunch of Parsley (stalks removed)
- 1 lt Olive Oil
- 500g Pine Nuts
- 200g Grated Parmesan
- 1 Clove of Garlic
- Salt and Pepper
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Chicken, cream and basil pasta
- 1 tbs olive oil,
- 2 chopped shallots
- 400g cubed chicken
- 125 sliced mushrooms
- 50g sultans
- a pinch of cinnamon
- 125 ml hot chicken stock
- 300g pasta
- 142 ml double cream
- 2tsp Dijon mustard
- chopped basil
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Dandelion pesto
- 2 big handfuls of dandelion greens
- 2 handfuls of fresh basil leaves
- 1 handful of spinach (optional)
- The petals from 5 dandelion flowers
- 1 large clove of garlic
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1 handful of pine nuts
- 1 handful of hemp, sunflower seeds or macadamia nuts
- Enough extra virgin olive oil to bind the sauce together, around 4-6 tbsp
- Juice of half a lemon
- 1 tbsp nutritional yeast flakes (optional)
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Sea bass with mashed sweet...
- 4 filets sea bass with skin
- 500g sweet potatoes
- 1 clove of garlic
- 150g tomatoes, skin removed, cut into cubes
- 5 sweet basil leaves (or Thai)
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Tomato and Basil Tarte Tatin
- 50 vine-ripened cherry tomatoes
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- Large pinch of sea salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 squidge of honey or 1 tbsp superfine sugar
- Handful of bread crumbs
- All-purpose flour, for dusting
- 1 lb 2oz/500g homemade or store-bought puff pastry
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- Small bunch of fresh basil or mint leaves
- 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
- Equipment:
- 8in (20cm) ovenproof skillet. If you don't have one, cook the tomatoes in a skillet, then transfer to an 8in (20cm) cake pan for baking
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Tomato & Basil Soup
- 10 ml oil
- 1.2 kg fresh tomatoes
- 1 large onion
- 1 carrot
- 1 celery stick
- 2 squires of tomato puree
- pinch of sugar
- 1.5 pints of stock
- Handful of fresh basil
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Terrine with fresh goat's cheese...
- 6 red peppers, roasted and peeled
- 150g goat's cheese
- 10 pitted black olives
- 1 bunch of parsley
- 1 bunch of chives
- 6 basil leaves
- Salt and Pepper
- Olive oil for seasoning
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Fillets of salmon with two sauces
- Salmon with lime sauce and Merken Mapuche spices:
- 4 salmon fillets
- 1 large or 2 small lime
- 1 small piece of ginger
- 30 g butter
- 2 tbsp of cream
- 1 rounded tsp of Merken spice mix
- Fleur de sel with lemon zest
- Penja pepper
- Basil sauce:
- 2 handfuls of spinach leaves
- ½ bunch of basil
- 40 cl of single cream
- 1 tbsp of green tea
- Fleur de sel Ifaty, Penja pepper
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