Savoury · 5 mg per portion

Weeknight pesto

Name: Weeknight pesto
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 60 g basil leaves; 30 g pine nuts or sunflower seeds, toasted; 1 small garlic clove; 30 g Parmesan, finely grated; 4 tbsp infused olive oil; 4 tbsp plain extra-virgin olive oil; Juice of ½ lemon; Salt and pepper

Half the oil is infused, half plain. Portion the batch into eight before it goes near pasta.

Dose: 4.9 mg THC per portion
Makes: 8 portions of about 2 tbsp
Prep: 10 min
Cook: none
Total: 10 min
Difficulty: Easy

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The dose, worked

4 tbsp infused olive oil × 9.87 mg per tbsp = 39.5 mg THC (theoretical) ÷ 8 portions = 4.93 mg per portion.

Theoretical maximum: it assumes complete decarboxylation (THCA × 0.877) and that every milligram ends up in the food. Real yield is usually lower, which is why you start with one portion and wait. Re-run the maths for your flower →

per portion

2.5510 mg

Start with one. Wait two hours.

Ingredients

60 g basil leaves
30 g pine nuts or sunflower seeds, toasted
1 small garlic clove
30 g Parmesan, finely grated
4 tbsp infused olive oil
4 tbsp plain extra-virgin olive oil
Juice of ½ lemon
Salt and pepper

Uses infused olive oil at 9.87 mg THC per tbsp (theoretical). Made it differently? Recalculate.

Method

Blitz the basil, nuts, garlic and Parmesan to a coarse paste.
Image slot · step 1: basil, nuts and garlic in a food processor · 1200 × 800
With the motor running, pour in both oils, then the lemon juice. Season.
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Divide into 8 equal portions of about 2 tablespoons: an ice-cube tray is ideal.
Image slot · step 3: pesto portioned into an ice-cube tray · 1200 × 800
Label with the milligrams per portion. Fridge 4 days, freezer 2 months.
Image slot · step 4: labelled tray of pesto portions · 1200 × 800

Dosing notes

Stir into pasta off the heat. Boiling pesto degrades THC and makes the dose unpredictable.
One portion per person per meal; do not free-pour from the jar.

Why not all infused oil?

Eight tablespoons of infused oil would double every portion. Halving it keeps a first-timer's serving near 5 mg.

Educational content, not medical advice. Effects vary with body weight, tolerance and what else you have eaten. Label infused food with the milligrams per portion and the date, and keep it away from children and pets.

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