All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast. ~John Gunther

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

adventures in pesto

we got a lot of garlic scapes a few weeks ago. I had seen a mention of garlic scape pesto, and decided to make it. Without really consulting a lot of recipes. It turns out that it's a little harsh without any basil, but it worked okay.

My pesto was basically the followwing things combined in the magic bullet: olive oil, chopped garlic scapes, slivered almonds, microplaned pecorino romano, salt, pepper. and I just added until it seemed pretty good. It was a little harsh on its on, but really mellowed when cooked with veggies and made into a pasta sauce.

Gina then made delicious pesto. I hope she posts about it. hers was better than mine. I have things to learn!

1 comment:

eliz said...

i found that on toast and with something else to cut the harshness (cheddar, earth balance, etc) garlic scape pesto is really nice. also i think it would be nice for a creamy pesto mixed maybe with some greek yogurt or something, or some sort of soy-based white sauce?
i like the flavor, a lot, but also agree that it can be overwhelming.