Hi all,
Yesterday i was experimenting with my garden herbs basil, cilantro...and ended up making one delicious pesto.
Here's how i did. We made a green pasta out of it and also i made some green sticks out of it for my daughter's snack for school. Hope you all like it.
Ingredients:
1 cup walnut ( i liked the walnuts better than the pine nuts in this combination for pesto)
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese ( grated)
1 clove garlic
1 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 cup spinach ( fresh)
1 cup basil
1 tablespoon chopped cilantro (u can substitute with parsley if desired)
salt to taste
Method:
In a food processor, begin first pulsing your walnuts until bread crumb consistency.
Next add finely chopped garlic (this will prevent getting large chunks of garlic in your dish)
Add spinach, basil and cilantro.
Start the food processor on medium speed and from the top add olive oil to blend the pesto.
Once the mixture starts to look like paste add Parmesan cheese and salt to taste.
Blend for another minute or two.
This pesto can be made days ahead and freezes well.
Now for Green Pasta:
Boil the pasta of your choice according to the package direction.
Before draining pasta, reserve some fluid and drain the rest off. This reserve liquid will help you make pesto sauce.
Now in a large pan place one teaspoon of oil and add your drained paste, mix the amount of pesto you like and to get it mixing add reserved pasta water as needed to make the sauce.
Serve with garlic bread on the side.
Enjoy.
Green stick:
You will need a home made bread dough or store bought pizza dough.
Bring the dough to room temperature.
Roll it out on a large surface by sprinkling some flour on the surface ( to avoid sticking).
Now spoon out our pesto mixture on the bread as a layer, sprinkle some fresh finely chopped basil if desired.
Roll it in a twisted shape. Bake it at 375 for 10 minutes or until the bread sticks start browning.
Let it cool before serving it.
This is a great school snack or after school snack and so healthy that kids will ask for more.
ENjoy
Yesterday i was experimenting with my garden herbs basil, cilantro...and ended up making one delicious pesto.
Here's how i did. We made a green pasta out of it and also i made some green sticks out of it for my daughter's snack for school. Hope you all like it.
Ingredients:
1 cup walnut ( i liked the walnuts better than the pine nuts in this combination for pesto)
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese ( grated)
1 clove garlic
1 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 cup spinach ( fresh)
1 cup basil
1 tablespoon chopped cilantro (u can substitute with parsley if desired)
salt to taste
Method:
In a food processor, begin first pulsing your walnuts until bread crumb consistency.
Next add finely chopped garlic (this will prevent getting large chunks of garlic in your dish)
Add spinach, basil and cilantro.
Start the food processor on medium speed and from the top add olive oil to blend the pesto.
Once the mixture starts to look like paste add Parmesan cheese and salt to taste.
Blend for another minute or two.
This pesto can be made days ahead and freezes well.
Now for Green Pasta:
Boil the pasta of your choice according to the package direction.
Before draining pasta, reserve some fluid and drain the rest off. This reserve liquid will help you make pesto sauce.
Now in a large pan place one teaspoon of oil and add your drained paste, mix the amount of pesto you like and to get it mixing add reserved pasta water as needed to make the sauce.
Serve with garlic bread on the side.
Enjoy.
Green stick:
You will need a home made bread dough or store bought pizza dough.
Bring the dough to room temperature.
Roll it out on a large surface by sprinkling some flour on the surface ( to avoid sticking).
Now spoon out our pesto mixture on the bread as a layer, sprinkle some fresh finely chopped basil if desired.
Roll it in a twisted shape. Bake it at 375 for 10 minutes or until the bread sticks start browning.
Let it cool before serving it.
This is a great school snack or after school snack and so healthy that kids will ask for more.
ENjoy
Looks yum ~~~
ReplyDeletetastes yum too! hope u get a chance to make and try it.
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