8 marcona basil Recipes

lemon , juice, kefir or 1/2 cup sour cream or 1/2 cup yogurt, fresh lemon verbena leaves (use a mix of all) or 2 tbsp lime basil (use a mix of all) or 2 tbsp parsley (use a mix of all), salt, pepper, honey or 1 tbsp sugar, mayonnaise , optional for more creaminess, fresh shredded carrots, marcona almonds , rough chopped, crystallized ginger , rough chopped, dried mango, diced, diced fresh pineapple (optional)

fresh goat cheese such as laura chenel, at room temperature, milk, chopped fresh basil, dried apricots , preferably blenheim, almonds , preferably marcona or marchini, honey

bread cubes, orange juice, mangoes, large and very ripe, english cucumber, peeled and diced (about 1 1/2-2 cups), almonds , must be marcona (spanish , available at trader joe s and whole foods), garlic clove, minced and smashed to a paste with 1/4 tsp coarse salt, light olive oil, water, sherry wine vinegar, coarse salt, fresh ground black pepper, shrimp, peeled and deveined (about 8 26/30 count ), sambal oelek chili paste, garlic clove, minced, coarse salt, fresh ground black pepper, olive oil, diced mangoes (reserved from above), basil leaves , cut into chiffonade

asparagus spears, spanish olive oil , for roasting asparagus, arugula, strawberries, trimmed, washed and sliced, valencia orange, peeled and cut into segments (save part of the orange to juice), fresh basil , cut into ribbons (fresh only!), scallions, sliced (in the summer i will use locally grown purple scallions), pomegranate seeds, dried (read *note), marcona almonds , roasted, white balsamic vinaigrette, valencia orange juice, freshly squeezed plus 1 tsp zest, lemon zest, grated, lemon juice, grey salt, cracked black pepper , to taste, spanish extra virgin olive oil

almonds , preferably marcona, loosely packed fresh basil leaves, freshly cracked black pepper, ground cinnamon, shredded asiago cheese, divided, olive oil, sweet french bread or sourdough

champagne vinegar, minced shallot, minced garlic, dijon mustard, salt, freshly ground black pepper, vegetable oil, olive oil, chopped fresh herbs , such as basil, chives and parsley, cantaloupe, peeled seeded and cut into 1/2-inch dice, sliced red onion, prosciutto , cut into thin strips, fresh arugula, washed and spun dry, roughly chopped toasted marcona almonds , or other almonds with skin removed