Basil recipes

basil
The possibilities for sweet, fragrant basil are endless. Blitz the leaves and stalks into a vibrant pesto, tear and toss into salads to release the aromatic oils or try something a little different with strawberries or watermelon marinated in balsamic vinegar and basil. And those are just a few!

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Saffron & cardamom chicken with cranberry salsa
Roasted carrot soup with lemon pesto
4 out of 5 stars(1)
Orecchiette with Trapanese-style pesto
5 out of 5 stars(2)
Fig & basil pasta salad
Smoked trout & green toum salad
Chicken & broccoli ‘parmigiana’
5 out of 5 stars(2)
Red pepper & almond linguine
Roast cherry tomato & salmon trofie
3 out of 5 stars(1)
Bean panzanella
5 out of 5 stars(1)
Creamy corn pasta
Harissa, aubergine & freekeh salad
Vine tomato, lemon & basil sauce with courgetti spaghetti
Peperonata toast with jammy eggs & capers
Herby tomato & tuna salad
5 out of 5 stars(4)
Lemony runner bean tagliatelle
Crispy trout with mango piri piri & kachumbari
5 out of 5 stars(1)
Pennoni with courgette, mascarpone & basil
Aubergine and burrata salad
4.5 out of 5 stars(4)
Crispy roast chicken with tomatoey butter beans
Slow roast tomato and basil pasta
5 out of 5 stars(3)
Pink grapefruit & basil sorbet
Brothy spelt & crispy skinned chicken with herbed ricotta
5 out of 5 stars(1)
Crispy bread & courgette salad with walnut and basil pesto
Ultimate egg mayonnaise-topped muffins with baby leaves
The best green goddess salad
4.5 out of 5 stars(6)
Chargrilled avocado salad with chilli & herb dressing
5 out of 5 stars(1)
Spicy pepper and ricotta linguine
Green mac 'n' cheese
4.5 out of 5 stars(12)
Red pesto chicken & potato traybake
5 out of 5 stars(1)
Amalfi Sunset cocktail
Chilli tomatoes & beans
5 out of 5 stars(2)
Spicy meatball & bucati pasta bake
Salsa verde
4.5 out of 5 stars(2)
One-pan beef & lentil lasagne
3 out of 5 stars(2)
Prawn noodle salad & passion fruit dressing
Winter vegetable chopped salad with chilli tahini dressing
5 out of 5 stars(2)
Roasted tomato & chickpea penne
3.5 out of 5 stars(4)
Harissa pasta & mixed nut pesto
4 out of 5 stars(28)
Harissa meatball pasta bake
5 out of 5 stars(4)
Tofu & mixed vegetable pasta sauce
4 out of 5 stars(1)
Chicken, butterbean & red pesto bake
5 out of 5 stars(6)
Lime, basil & ginger frozen margaritas
4.5 out of 5 stars(7)
Clementine gimlet
Gnocchi puttanesca
5 out of 5 stars(7)
Sheet pan pizza
Roasted Tenderstem, sausage & feta warm salad
Potato rösti, crispy mortadella & fried eggs
4 out of 5 stars(2)
Melon, peach & pistachio ricotta salad
5 out of 5 stars(2)
Mediterranean peaches ’n’ cream
Roasted lemon, courgette & burrata salad
Ray wing with samphire & tomatoes
5 out of 5 stars(1)
Burst cherry tomato gnocchi
4 out of 5 stars(4)
Tomato & basil pasta salad
Spinach, walnut & pecorino fusilloni
5 out of 5 stars(2)

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Saffron & cardamom chicken with cranberry salsa

Roasted carrot soup with lemon pesto

Orecchiette with Trapanese-style pesto

Fig & basil pasta salad

Smoked trout & green toum salad

Chicken & broccoli ‘parmigiana’

Red pepper & almond linguine

Roast cherry tomato & salmon trofie

Bean panzanella

Creamy corn pasta

Harissa, aubergine & freekeh salad

Vine tomato, lemon & basil sauce with courgetti spaghetti

Peperonata toast with jammy eggs & capers

Herby tomato & tuna salad

Lemony runner bean tagliatelle

Crispy trout with mango piri piri & kachumbari

Pennoni with courgette, mascarpone & basil

Aubergine and burrata salad

Crispy roast chicken with tomatoey butter beans

Slow roast tomato and basil pasta

Pink grapefruit & basil sorbet

Brothy spelt & crispy skinned chicken with herbed ricotta

Crispy bread & courgette salad with walnut and basil pesto

Ultimate egg mayonnaise-topped muffins with baby leaves

The best green goddess salad

Chargrilled avocado salad with chilli & herb dressing

Spicy pepper and ricotta linguine

Green mac 'n' cheese

Red pesto chicken & potato traybake

Amalfi Sunset cocktail

Chilli tomatoes & beans

Spicy meatball & bucati pasta bake

Salsa verde

One-pan beef & lentil lasagne

Prawn noodle salad & passion fruit dressing

Winter vegetable chopped salad with chilli tahini dressing

Roasted tomato & chickpea penne

Harissa pasta & mixed nut pesto

Harissa meatball pasta bake

Tofu & mixed vegetable pasta sauce

Chicken, butterbean & red pesto bake

Lime, basil & ginger frozen margaritas

Clementine gimlet

Gnocchi puttanesca

Sheet pan pizza

Roasted Tenderstem, sausage & feta warm salad

Potato rösti, crispy mortadella & fried eggs

Melon, peach & pistachio ricotta salad

Mediterranean peaches ’n’ cream

Roasted lemon, courgette & burrata salad

Ray wing with samphire & tomatoes

Burst cherry tomato gnocchi

Tomato & basil pasta salad

Spinach, walnut & pecorino fusilloni