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| Hope everyone is enjoying the rain! I know that my garden is. Basil has been growing wildly, and today I made a quick pesto sauce off of www.reluctantgourmet.com, which involved mixing the following
3 cloves garlic 2 cups fresh basil leaves 3 tablespoons pine nuts (pignolia) 1 dash salt and pepper 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese grated Anyone have any other good variations for pesto? I think I have enough basil to make quite a few batches :) |
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- Posted by ladybuilder 7b (My Page) on Tue, Jul 8, 08 at 23:44
| Hi Anna, My cousin also has basil by the bushel, and her pesto recipe is very similar. As a variation, she also blends her pesto with low calorie or fat free mayonnaise, which makes a delicious spread for sandwiches.
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| That's a great looking recipe and I look forward to trying it out. I love Pesto. FWIW - Walnuts are a decent substitute for pine nuts as they are more readily available. |
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| Yum! I love basil and pesto season! Sometimes I will use sunflowers seeds if I don't have pine nuts. |
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| Good idea on the sunflower seeds... |
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| I love pesto, but I make mine with a twist. I use 1/2 basil and 1/2 mint and add a squeeze of lemon at the end. It is great with either shrimp or chicken in addition to pasta and the mint and lemon make a clean taste you would walk all the way home for. |
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| Here's a great salad recipe: 1# cooked cheese tortellini or any other pasta 1-15 oz. can artichoke heart quarters 1 C sundried tomatoes 1 C pitted kalamata olives 1/2-3/4C basil pesto Toss. Add grated parmesan cheese to garnish |
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- Posted by trianglejohn z7b NC (johnbuettner@hotmail.com) on Wed, Aug 1, 12 at 17:33
| I pretty much always use sunflower seeds unless I see pinenuts on sale. I make like a three year supply of pesto at a time (once or twice each summer) and freeze it in gallon freezer bags. I smush it flat and about a half an inch thick and lay it on a sheet of cardboard or a small cookie sheet in the freezer til it freezes solid. Once all the produce is processed and froozen you can stand them upright like books on a shelf. To use it just break a corner off inside the bag and work it out the opening. Works much better than freezing in ice cube trays. |
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- Posted by barnhardt9999 none (My Page) on Fri, Aug 17, 12 at 10:14
| I use almonds as a substitute for pine nuts. I also put in a small yellow tomato which seems to help it from turning green to brown so fast and adds a little color. |
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