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Delicious Pesto Sauce Recipe ...A Versatile Enhancement
A Real Restaurant Recipe
Pat yourself on the back! You now have a great restaurant recipe for Pesto Sauce used by my
restaurant to help build it into a successful business! The restaurant recipe is a customer
requested sauce recipe, as are all my recipes on my website and in my e-cookbooks.
ENJOY the once secret restaurant recipe for Pesto Sauce!
Preparation time: 25 minutes. Number of servings: 1 1/2 to 2 cups.
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Ingredients:
6 cloves garlic
2 cups basil or any greens such as spinach, parsley or cilantro
1 1/2 to 2 cups Parmesan cheese, preferably fresh grated
1/2 cup roasted pine nuts or walnuts or other
Pinch of salt and pepper
Olive oil until smooth
Instructions:
Before you begin ...
Heat a small skillet over medium low heat. When the pan is heated, add the pine nuts or walnuts
stirring or shaking the pan back and forth over the heat to keep the nuts toasting on all sides. The
nuts are ready when they are light brown and the wonderful aroma of toasted nuts is obvious.
The nuts can also be oven toasted in a pie pan at 300 degrees F for a few minutes.
Okay, let's make the sauce ...
- Place garlic, basil, Parmesan cheese, toasted nuts, salt and pepper in a food processor or
blender. - Process until the sauce ingredients are smooth then add the olive oil slowly until the
sauce is the correct consistency (thick enough to spread) - Correct salt and pepper
That's it! You're done.
Store the pesto in the refrigerator in a covered container or jar. If you are not using it
immediately, stir it before using.
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