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Default Spinach pesto
On 2/27/2012 8:58 PM, wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:56:05 -0500, >
> wrote:
>
>> I've never made pesto sauce. I had a bag of spinach to use up and made
>> a pesto of spinach, walnuts, lots of garlic cloves, parm cheese and
>> olive oil. A little salt and fresh ground pepper.
>>
>> I tasted it and it burned my mouth a little but very tasty. LOL Then
>> again, I'm sensitive to spice. Nice use of my new FP which I haven't
>> used much.
>>
>> I guess I'll use it with some chicken or shrimp. Can it be frozen?
>
> In my experience, the mouth burn comes from either too much garlic, or
> the garlic needed to be "smushed" a little better before added to the
> pesto.

Thanks! I just took whole cloves and put them in the FP with everything
else. Maybe I need to mash it first next time.


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