Pesto Vinaigrette Dressing


This rich green-colored salad dressing combines the traditional pesto flavors of basil, garlic, and Parmesan cheese with the light flavors of lemon and white wine vinegar. The dressing is perfect on a bowl of mixed greens.

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Pesto Vinaigrette Dressing

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups lightly packed fresh basil leaves
  • ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
  • ½ cup fresh, finely grated Parmigiano Reggiano
  • 3 Tsp red or white wine vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 2 tsp garlic, minced
  • ½ tsp finely grated lemon zest
  • ¾ tsp kosher salt
  • Freshly grated black pepper

Instructions

  1. Put the basil, olive oil, Parmigiano Reggiano, vinegar, lemon juice, garlic and lemon zest into a blender or food processor.
  2. Blend until smooth.
  3. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

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Melissa Lieser

Melissa Lieser began her training in Culinary Arts at Kendall College in Chicago, Illinois and most recently at the French Culinary Institute in New York City, where she graduated with distinction and at the top of her class. She has worked in multiple kitchens across the United States and is the founder of missysrecipes.com. Melissa spends her time raising her two amazing children, reading, and exploring the city. She promotes the use of seasonal, local and fresh ingredients to create flavorful and simple dishes. So much so, that after recently moving to San Francisco, she has decided to dedicate the entire year of 2011 to eating only local foods and blogging about it on www.theeatlocalexperiment.com.

Melissa Lieser
Melissa Lieser

Melissa Lieser began her training in Culinary Arts at Kendall College in Chicago, Illinois and most recently at the French Culinary Institute in New York City, where she graduated with distinction and at the top of her class. She has worked in multiple kitchens across the United States and is the founder of missysrecipes.com. Melissa spends her time raising her two amazing children, reading, and exploring the city. She promotes the use of seasonal, local and fresh ingredients to create flavorful and simple dishes.

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Chris
Chris
7 years ago

I love this. Trying to figure out how many servings this makes. We do a weekend lunch-packing day with my girlfriends and put together lunches for the week. Wondering how many of my dressing servings this would be. Do you know?

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Patti
Patti
10 years ago

Mmm

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