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Making pesto

Year 3 have been tasting different herbs in D&T and are now using herbs to make different savory dishes.

We started with a nut free pesto. To make the pesto, we:

Cut an avacado in half around the stone. Removed the stone using a knife. Peeled the avacado using our fingers.
Sliced the avacado into thin slices and cut these slices in half, leaving us with little chunks.
Put the avacado into a bowl.
Added sliced strips of basil to taste.
Added a small grind of salt.
Mushed the avacado with a fork and mixed in the basil and salt.
Tasted the pesto - does it need more salt? If so, add some veggie parmesan.
When we were happy with the taste, added cooked, cooled pasta.

We needed one avacado, some basil leaves, salt, oil and veggie parmesan (sometimes called "hard cheese").

Have a look at the fun we had below:

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