Salsa Pesto

* Exported from MasterCook *

SALSA PESTO

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Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Sauces Cheese

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 c Fresh basil leaves -
-loosely packed
1/4 c Onions - chopped
2 tb Garlic - chopped
1/2 lb Butter - softened
1 c Olive oil
1/2 c Parmesan cheese - grated
1/4 c Pine nuts - toasted
1 t Salt
1/4 ts White pepper

1. Pick through basil and remove large stems and
bad leaves. Chop
basil fine in food processor. Add onions and
garlic to the processor
bowl and puree. Set aside in a large bowl.
2. Put one stick of butter into the processor and
give it a whirl.
Add half the olive oil, followed by another
stick of butter, followed
by the other half of the olive oil, blending
well as you go until you
have a thick liquid.
3. Pour butter-oil mixture into the bowl with the
basil puree. Add
Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper. Stir well
until completely blended.
NOTE: When making pasta with pesto, put hot cooked
pasta into a
skillet over medium heat. Spoon four tablespoons of
pesto sauce over
the pasta and, with a kitchen fork, toss and blend
with the pasta. The
sauce will break if you put it into the skillet
first - always stif
the sauce into the pasta rather than vice-versa.
Makes 3 cups - enough for 12 servings.
Chef Andrea Apuzzo says, "Pesto sauce - green and
aromatic - is a
rich, herbal concoction which has seemingly endless
uses. Once you
make it, you will find yourself putting it not only
in pasta (the
classic pesto employment), but also in soups, on top
of chicken, with
fish, and lots of other things. We make a pesto
butter sauce - not
really traditional, but most delicious.
His book, La Cucina di Andrea's, is available at his
fine restaurant
in Metairie, Louisiana. I've had one of the finest
meals I've ever
had at his establishment. It is located at
Andrea's Restaurant
3100 Nineteenth Street
Metairie, Louisiana 70002
If you love Italian food, you will want to have this
fine cook book.
Source: La Cucina di Andrea's

From: Steve Herrick Date: 05-14-92



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