Nika Burnett
Family Meal
English - April 09, 2020 16:17 - 51 minutes - 48 MB - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsFood Arts Performing Arts artist chef family family meal recipe home cook family recipe food career growth career Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On this episode of Family Meal, I sat down with actress, writer, director and creative spirit, Nika Burnett @nikaburnett We talked about how she went from being an athlete, to an undeclared major, to falling in love with philosophy which ultimately landed her into filmmaking. She is a firm believer of 'learning by doing', and it shows as in her recently released bi-lingual film, Brindisi which is currently making its way through the festival circuit. She is a bright light, a champion of curiosity and her soothing voice will truly help release any anxiety.
BASIL LEMON PESTO (as told my Nika)
Below is the pesto recipe with my moms instructions — I always at least double everything because this is a small batch for a single pot of pasta :
-2/3 c washed tightly packed basil good leaf part only
-3 garlic cloves
-1 lemon seeded & juiced
-1/4 toasted pine nuts
-1/4 c Reggiano Parmesan
-drizzle olive oil
Pulse everything in food processor except nuts. Add nuts last so you can control the chunks (I don’t like my pesto creamy smooth. I Prefer some nuttiness w/ pine nuts chunky not pulverized smooth. Sea salt and cracked black pepper to taste. If it’s too lemony I add more pine nuts. Doesn’t take too much sea salt because of the reggiano. Olive oil drizzle on top afterwards. I toast the pinenuts with a little sea salt in a skillet first.
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