Cooking Recipe Pesto With Spinach
Recipe Ingredients
2 c
Tightly packed spinach,
Washed and stemmed
2 tb
Broken pine nuts or
Shelled walnuts
2 lg
Cloves of garlic, peeled
Salt
1/2 c
Olive oil
1/2 c
Freshly grated
Parmesan cheese
2 tb
Freshly grated
Romano cheese
Pla
ce spinach, pine nuts, garlic, and 1/4 to 1/2 tsp. of salt,
Directions
if desired, in a food processor fitted with the steel blade or a
blender jar. Pulse several times to begin chopping and blending the
ingredients. Then turn on machine at high speed and pour in the olive
oil in a steady stream. Blend until the mixture is a smooth paste. If
you are using a blender you will have to stop and start the machine
occasionally to give the ingredients a stir. When the ingredients are
pureed, transfer to a bowl and stir in the cheeses. Blend thoroughly.
For parsley pesto, substitute 2 c. of parsley for the spinach.