Friday, December 12, 2008

HHDD #24 Pesto- another entry for a round up!

This one is specially made for HHDD round up. Here is the link to the host and the facilitator.
Thank you for hosting this round up.

Sun-dried Tomato Pesto


I love to send my entries to these round ups. This one was simple to make. Pesto- is an Italian sauce, commonly used on a pasta. I love a basic basil pesto. For this round up, I will be trying something different.

I love making pasta with sun-dried tomatoes, garlic and olives. Simple yet hearty dish, with red wine, and some crusty french bread is a perfect weekend lunch for me and my hubby. 
I decided to go with the same ingredients, except olives (I didn't have those in my pantry this time and I didn't have time to go buy them as the clock was ticking for the deadline).

I like the flavour of basil, so I decided to add the basil as well. 
It just took me 10 minutes to make this pesto. (or should I say less then 10!!)
I used-:

Sun-dried tomatoes (out of the jar and their oil)



Fresh Basil Leaves


Garlic Cloves, salt and pepper


Blend everything together . Blend until the tomatoes are finely chopped. Transfer it to a bowl.





If you want to use it as a spread you can add some olive oil while blending. Otherwise, whatever oil sun-dried tomatoes have in the jar is enough.

As I said,You can use it as a spread over the bread, or toss in some cooked pasta and make it more delicious. 



I love to use this pesto as a dip with some corn chips or tostitos or with the pita chips.

Enjoy.....:)

5 comments:

ChichaJo said...

This sounds fantastic! My mouth was watering! Thanks for joining HHDD! :)

Ivy said...

Wow! You did a beautiful job!
I wish Sean liked sun dried tomatoes more. :)

Srikitchen said...

wow! delicious and interesting!
first time to ur blog and it is very nice! visit my blog when u find time!

Manali said...

Thank you everyone for the comments!!

Malar Gandhi said...

Sounds Yummm!