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Basil is the most important ingredient in Italian Cooking. It has a sweet smell and taste. Its available easily at any grocery store or vegetable vendor. When cooking any Italian dish like Pizza, Pasta, Risotto or any Salad you need fresh Basil.

Some Recipes that require Basil

Bruschetta

Roasted Bell Pepper Soup

Pesto Pasta

Pizza Margarita

Roasted Tomato Garlic Risotto

Dried Basil is easily available in grocery stores these days. Incase you need  to use basil in an Italian recipe and do not have any you can easily substitute the recipe with dried basil.

The best way to use Basil is to tear fresh leaves and add it to your salad or chop it finely and add it to all your other Italian dishes.

Basil along with Italian food is also used a lot in Indonesian and Thai food.

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