cooking is my hobby

Cooking is my hobby, I would like to share recipes that I have tried and that were a success. I hope that others will want to share their best recipes with me as well.

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Classical Pesto with Fettuccine Recipe


Ingredients

2 cups packed fresh basil leaves

2 garlic cloves, minced

1/2 cup walnuts

1/4 cups extra-virgin olive oil

1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1/2 cup grated pecorino or Romano cheese

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 pound fresh fettuccine

2 tablespoons butter

Directions

1. Place basil, garlic, and walnuts in a food processor and process 15 seconds. With machine on, pour oil through feed tube in a steady stream until almost 1 cup of oil has been used. With machine still running, add Parmesan and pecorino cheese, and then the remaining oil. Taste and season pesto sauce with salt, if needed.
2. Cook fettuccine in a large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm, 2 to 4 minutes; drain. Pour pasta into a warmed large bowl and toss with butter, then with 1 cup of the pesto sauce. Pass remaining pesto on the side. Freeze any remaining sauce for future use.
We could not find fresh fettuccine so we used the dried.
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I will have to start using a microwave at work.  I never cook with one so that will be interesting. 
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