Pesto sauce (for pizza especially)

A nice change from normal tomato-based pizza sauce. This is really nice with goat's cheese, roasted garlic pieces, and roasted halved cherry tomatoes.

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Yields: 3 cups

Ingredients

• 2  cups fresh basil
• 1  cup fresh Italian parsley
• 1⁄2 cup parmesan cheese or 1⁄2 cup romano cheese, grated
• 1⁄2 cup pine nuts, toasted
• 4  cloves garlic, roughly chopped
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1⁄2 cup olive oil
• 1  tablespoon lemon juice
• 2  tablespoons water

Directions

1. Combine all ingredients in a food processor or blender.
2. Puree until the mixture forms a smooth, thick paste.
3. Topping ideas for pesto pizza: Sliced crimini mushrooms.
4. Reconstituted sun-dried tomatoes.
5. Sliced black olives.
6. Shaved Parmesan cheese.