Pesto is very good.

Yes it is

Well you're not wrong.

My girlfriend is a vegetarian and is always trying to serve me pesto on pasta. I don't care for it. What am I missing?

>>7731554
a better taste buds.

Post a good recipe please. I'm interested.

>Pine nuts
Makes me want to vomit.

>>7731554
me fuckin you bitch when you outta the house

>>7731689
if you don't like pine nuts you are not old enough to be posting here.

My poorfag "can't afford the real ingredients" pesto:

> 2 cups spinach
> 1/2 cup toasted walnuts (preference) or cashews
> 1/2 cup grated asiago
> 6 cloves of garlic (assuming you really like garlic as well)
> 1/2 cup olive oil
> salt and pepper

Make sure to taste and adjust. I almost always add more spinach. Can also add some basil (on top of the spinach) if you have it on hand, or some lemon juice if you're into that life.

Shit is dope af on pasta, poultry, or even a nice cauliflower steak. It's also half the price of a typical pesto.

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>>7731554
laughing at her ignorance. Pesto includes anchovies

>>7731689
>t. picky eater

>>7731952

no it doesnt

>>7731946
>cauliflower steak
?

>>7731946
But why don't you use basilicum, it's not very expensive, anon.

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>>7732021
haha I laugh at your vegetarian ignorance

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>>7732039
spinach has more antioxidants, and is available canned for convenience

>>7731946
Absolutely NOTHING wrong with that.

Spinach Pesto
2 cups (packed) fresh spinach leaves,
1/2 cup (packed) fresh flat leaf parsley,
1/2 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
1/4 cup grated parmesan
3 cloves garlic
3 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Salt & Pepper

>>7731685
Basil Pesto
1 cup packed fresh basil leaves
1 small clove garlic
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup pine nuts, toasted
1/3 cup grated parmesan
Salt & Pepper

Alter the recipes to your own taste. Substitute asiago or other hard salty cheese for parm. Use arugula in place of spinach. Any nut substitute, or just omit nuts altogether. Pesto is forgiving and one of the few "traditional" recipes that almost encourage individual interpretations. Very easy to create your own version. Call it your "signature".

Craig Claiborne was the person responsible for popularizing basil pesto in the US in the 70s-80s. It was one of the first things I learned to make (89 or 90) - breaded chicken breast cutlets with pesto cream sauce, toasted walnuts, and sun dried tomatoes. Imagine a US where sun dried tomatoes were nearly impossible to find. Gourmet. Honestly, they tasted a lot better back them. The commercialy produced ones I see everywhere are sour & bitter.

>>7732065
Is that an open calzone? Never seen one with pesto before

>>7731554
Only the best thing to ever go on pasta besides cheese.

>>7731409
pesto all genovese would be my favorite one. love the texture and the "green" taste.

very good stuff and better than pesto rosso it seems to me.

>>7732039

shit's actually pretty fucking expensive in NYC

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>>7732037

http://olivesfordinner.com/2013/11/roasted-cauliflower-steaks-with-oyster.html

haven't tried above recipe, but that's the basic method. the thicker the better. really need cast iron.

doesn't taste like steak (not really chewy at all), but still hearty and a great vehicle for better shit. also fairly healthy and all that nonsense.

>>7731482

*your

>>7731554

>My girlfriend

Fuck off retard