tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-17:344544 Avi Avi Avi 2010-03-02T12:30:52Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-17:344544:28094 Pesto sauce! 2010-03-02T12:30:52Z 2010-03-02T12:30:52Z public 0 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; font-size: medium; "><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; "><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; "><span style="font-size: medium; "><strong>Basil Pesto</strong></span><br /><br /><strong>Cooking time:</strong>&nbsp;~5 minutes<br /><br /><strong>Ingredients:</strong><ul><li>~12 stems fresh basil (i.e. roughly a full bunch from most Sydney fruit &amp; veg shops)</li><li>20g pine nuts</li><li>2 tablespoons (heaped)&nbsp;margarine</li><li>4 tablespoons olive oil</li><li>1/4 cup soymilk</li><li>2 cloves garlic</li><li>3 slices soy cheese (I use <a href="http://www.nexternal.com/vegane/images/TofuttiSlicesLG.jpg">Tofutti soy slices</a>)</li><li>1 tablespoon nutritional yeast (a.k.a. savoury yeast flakes)</li></ul><br type="_moz" /><strong>Instructions:</strong><ol><li>Pick the basil leaves from their stems, discard the stems.</li><li>Blend everything until creamy. Or, if you like your pesto a bit more chunky... blend everything until chunky :)</li></ol>Serve on pasta or gnocchi, or use it as a sandwich spread ^_^<br type="_moz" />&nbsp;</div></div></span><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=avi&ditemid=28094" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments