like a soup? or sauce? With sauces at least, as i sort of mentioned in my 'recipe' above, you can generally make the sauce base however you like, then seasoning it is what differentiates between them.
In any case, basil is finicky. The biggest thing to remember with basil is that fresh is always more flavorful, and you should only add it at the very end. Cooking basil ruins the flavor, so it should only go in right before you take it off the stove.
Also look at using combinations of seasoning to get the desired taste. I can't think of what it is right now, but I know that if you combine basil with another herb, you'll actually get a stronger basil flavor than just doing basil alone.
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