My goodness how the time has gotten away from me! It has been nearly a month since I last posted. I have been working 12hr days at my jobs. Plus I have been laying a wooden floating floor in my dining room and living room. (You will have to go to my main blog to see the progress of that).
I was at a kiln firing party this weekend. Someone brought some wonderful toasted bread topped with pesto. I loved it so much that I decided I had to try to figure out how to make it.
It was actually quite easy.
I sliced some semolina bread into 1/4-1/2 slices. Place them on a cookie sheet in a single layer.
I got my basil from the garden that the kiln was in. It was a huge beautiful garden at a nearly self-sustainable home just outside of town. My dream home. Seriously.
And of course I got permission to pilage!
I used about 3-4 cups chopped basil mixed with 5 cloves of garlic run through a press and enough extra virgin olive oil to coat all the basil. I also sprinkled in some sea salt and pepper.
Once that was all mixed well I added a large handful of pine nuts (a little over an 1/8 cup)and mixed well again.
I piled the pesto mix onto the slices of bread and lightly drizzled a little more olive oil over all.
I baked for about 25 minutes at 350°F.
You can eat this straight up or sprinkle with some Italian cheeses like Romano, Parmesan, and/or Asiago. I had a four cheese mix (with all of the previoulsy mentioned cheeses plus Provolone).
Mmmmm!!
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4 comments:
Looks yummy, I'll have to try this. I have basil in my garden just waiting.
Becky, I have made this twice since the party - it is that good.
This application had not even occurred to me. Thanks!
Anon, I never really ate pesto before encountering this - now I grow tons of basil because I MUST.HAVE.PESTO!
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