Any good recipes for pesto, people?

simu · 23-11-2003 7:36pm #1

I got one in a book - basically, you put basil, olive oil etc in a blender and add either chopped nut or chopeed pine kernels amd later on, some parmesan.

The only problem is that I don't like the nutty taste and I don't even know where the hell you're supposed to get pine kernals! (At your local forest?!)

Next time, i'm just gonna omit that part but, out of curiosity, anybody got any other recipes?

Spinnaker · 02-12-2003 3:22am

i only started using pine kernels recently for salads. easy enought to find in bigger supermarkets . they seem to get put in the baking section with those plastic-looking glace cherries....

tman · 02-12-2003 3:59am

mmmmmm, reminds me of a dish i made years ago.

basicaly; pasta, shed loads of unsalted butter, shedloads of roasted pine nuts and shedloads of parmesan.

doesn't seem to be the kind of suggestion you're after. but i'm definitely going to try it again myself

cyberspider · 02-12-2003 9:27am

One secret to making pesto is lightly toasting the pine kernels this adds a new depth to the flavour. You can also use Rocket instead of Basil or also include sundried tomatoes

you can also use a pestle and morter to mash up all ingredients and it wont be too fine in consistency

Spinnaker · 02-12-2003 10:24am

i shopped around for a pestle and mortar recently. for a good heavy one you can pay up to e50. > rip off ireland < all heavy marble/earthenware ones are least e25. however Dunnes now sell them for e15. great for grinding your ahem...pine nuts

Any good recipes for pesto, people?

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