Re: Pea pesto anyone ?

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Pea pesto anyone ?


Pads 01/04/2008, 17:40

After working hard all day I really wanted a nice pesto on spagetti , but was lacking the main ingrediate Basil..... so after a quick search around for some thing green I came up with  bag of frozen peas, Which i whisked up with pine nuts , garlic ( a hot chilli personnel taste ) olive oil some parmasan and a pinch of sea salt.

Boy it was loverly , quick  cheap and easy for any visiting veggie Big Smile [:D]   


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Re: Pea pesto anyone ?


Pierre ZFP 02/04/2008, 8:26
That sounds really good - got any good ideas for a substitute for the pine nuts?? (I've still got some walnuts left over from Christmas would that do maybe?)
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Re: Pea pesto anyone ?


Clair 02/04/2008, 8:45
Walnuts and parsley
Peas and mint
Rocket and pine nuts
Pecorino instead of parmesan





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Re: Pea pesto anyone ?


Pads 02/04/2008, 17:43

I have never used walnuts but cant see why not, I have used hazelnuts, they were good , the nuts are more for the texture/ thickner  than flavour, my hubby used peanut butter once with chilli and corriander and olive oil , he didnt tell me and it was delicous, if he had told me I might of not eaten it .....!!!

olives, garlic, dried toms and almonds is another I have done , almonds not quite as good as the others , but it was tasty.

I love to experiment with spaggetti sauces. another favorite is mushrooms garlic chilli all whisked up to a paste add cream (dont whisk) stir in and por over spagetti Big Smile [:D]

My normal everyday sauce is just tomatoes, chilli and garlic , simple clean and healthy   


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