Pesto sauce (for pizza especially)

Submitted by spatchcock

"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: 15mins
• Ingredients: 10
• 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.

Reviews

[PartTimeVegetarian]

This turned out great! I omitted the pine nuts, but followed the rest of the recipe and used it to top a naan bread which I then sprinkled with parm/romano/asiago. I baked it @ 350 for 15+/- minutes. Just fabulous!

 

[Dr. Jenny]

We thought this pesto was easy to make, using fresh basil and oregano from the garden. It held up well on our pizza, which we grilled. We added slightly more parmesan. We would make this again.

 

[janis_cochran]

This was a wonderful change for pizza. I have also used it for omelettes with mushrooms and spinach.

 

[fisabililah]

great recipe

 

[SusieQusie]

I love the addition of parsley, red pepper & lemon. The flavor is much brighter. While waiting for the nuts to cool, I threw the rest of it in the food processor & tasted as I went along. Surprisingly, I liked it MUCH better without the pine nuts. Saving this recipe to finish off my bumper crop of basil. Thanks for posting!