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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

P is for Pears and Pesto

Our neighbors up the street have fruit trees
and dropped off a bag o' pears a few days ago...
so I made a few pints of canned pears with ginger.
I just followed Joy Of Cooking's recipe for canned pears,
but added to each jar a nice piece of candied ginger...yum.
Meanwhile up in my veggie garden my Basil plants are resembling hedges-
So, here's my favorite Pesto recipe-
(it can be frozen as long as you don't add the cheese til defrosted)
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Paula and Jay's Pesto
2 cups fresh Basil
1 cup nuts
(pine,walnuts,even shelled sunflower seeds are tasty)
4 cloves garlic cut up
1 cup olive oil
1 cup parmesan,romano, asagio cheeses
(your choice-I like to mix 'em up a bit)
freshly ground black pepper
salt
(I don't use it, but some folks like it)
Put the basil, nuts and garlic into a food processor
Whirl/pulse til well acquainted
Add olive oil and process just til mixed.
Stir in cheese, black pepper and eat.
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Goes great on bread, pasta but not canned pears.
(Well, maybe on canned pears, but I haven't tried that yet)

4 comments:

  1. What a wonderful way to preserve nature's bounty. This pesto looks delightful.

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  2. The peaces and pesto sound fabulous.

    Thanks for the visit and comment.

    PG

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  3. Sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing this with us! :-)

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