Pesto
By: Helen Pitlick
Published: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 3:34pm

Ingredients




2 cups fresh basil leaves
2 tablespoons garlic
1/2 cup Romano cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 cup olive oil

Preparation

1 Starting with olive oil, place all ingredients in order listed in blender. Blend well. 2 Process basil, olive oil, 3 tbsp walnuts,  garlic until creamy texture. Place in bowl and add cheese and mix by hand.

About


A sauce originating in Italy's Genoa region. Use it on pasta, potatoes: you name it!

Comments:
Adam Cohn

I am not sure why mastic gum is included in this. Any pesto recipe should have pine nuts in it though.
Ivonne

I was thinking the same thing about the pine nuts. They're definitely a must for pesto!
maple87

read the ingredients and then the directions and let me know if it makes sense to you......[it doesn't make sense to me!!!]