What turns pesto black?

From our free online course, “Science & Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science (physics)”: https://www.edx.org/course/science-co...

Dan Souza, from America’s Test Kitchen, explains the chemical reaction that changes pesto from bright green to almost black when you don’t use it right away.

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