Herbals and parsley... 2850

On Sun, 25 Jun 2006 05:51:24 -0500, OmManiPadmeOmelet

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I use parsley to make pesto. The curley parsley makes a "sharper" pesto. I usually use the flat leaf or Italian parsley. It is great in Hattie's Goat Cheese Torta.

For the torta I cut back on the olive oil, a drier pesto seems to work better for the recipe.

Pesto

Sauces

2 cups basil leaves; fresh, washed patted dry 4 large garlic cloves; peeled, chopped 3/4 cup pi–on nuts; lightly toasted 1 cup olive oil; best quality 1 cup parmesan cheese; freshly grated 1/4 cup romano cheese; freshly grated salt and freshly ground pepper; to taste

Lightly toast the pi–on nuts in a small skillet. Combine the basil, garlic, and pi–on in the bowl of a food processor. Leave the motor running and add the olive oil in a slow, steady stream. Shut the motor off, add the cheeses, a big pinch of salt and a liberl grinding of pepper. Process briefly to combine, then scrape out of bowl and cover until ready to use. Based on recipe found in The Silver Palate Cookbook

I also make this with parsley instead of basil which is very good and has a "bite" to it.

Yield: 2 cups

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Goat Cheese Torta

appetizers

6 oz goat cheese 4 oz cream cheese 8 cloves at least garlic, peeled, smushed; chopped I usually put in lots more 1/2 cup pesto (at least) 1/2 cup Sun dried tomatoes; chopped fine and one tablespoon of marinade black pepper freshly ground, salt decor, from fresh herbs, branches o; f thyme, oregano, rosemar sliced baguettes

Mix goat cheese and cream cheese, add the garlic. Taste. Add salt and black pepper if you want. Line a small glbutt bowl (about 2 - 3 cups) with plastic wrap. Put about 1/3 of the goat cheese mix into the bowl. Top this with the pesto. Put another 1/3 of the goat cheese mix on top of this. Put the sundried tomatoes on this. Top with the rest of the cheese. Put plastic wrap over the top of this. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours, and up to four days.

To serve, invert bowl on a serving dish. Carefully remove the plastic wrap. Decorate with herbaceous materials. Serve with baguettes. Keep out of the way of the devouring mob. Supposed to serve up to 20 - 25 with other horse doovers.

Contributor: Hattie on rfc

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Hope you try it.

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