Basil Pesto Spread

Title:
Basil Pesto Spread

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Cheese,
Ethnic,
Sauces




Ingredients:





     2 c  Bright green aromatic basil;


          -tightly packed


   1/3 c  Extra-virgin olive oil


     2    White garlice cloves; peeled


   1/4 c  Pine nuts; coarsely crushed


          Salt


     3 tb Freshly grated imported parm


     4 tb Freshly grated imported peco


          -romano cheese






 Recipe by: Panini, Crostini, Brushetta Place basil, olive oil, garlic, pine


 nuts, and salt to taste in a blender. Process until finely textured but not


 completely smooth. Scrape pesto into a bowl and sir inthe cheeses. If not


 using immediately, pour a thin layer of extra-irgin olie oil over the top.


 Wrap tightly and refrigerate until needed. Makes about 1 cup.


 


 Fresh basil pesto led the revolution in authentic Italian cooking in


 America. It wasn't red and it didn't cook for hours on the stove. In fact,


 it was green! And you didn't have to cook it at all! The fragrant green


 leaves, crushed with garlic and pine nuts, when tossed with freshly cooked


 pasta, creates a dish of unforgettale aroma and taste. Aromatic pesto can


 be used as a spread for panini with equally memorable effect. The following


 recipe produces a dense mixture specifically for panini; to use with pasta,


 just add a little more olive oil and thin with some hot pasta cooking


 water. Format Norma Wrenn npxr56b


 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #1070 by "M. Hicks" 


 on Feb 1, 1998