Late Summer Pesto

Pesto 

is one of my very favorite things.

I like it on pasta, pizza,

crostini and in sandwiches.

We've been making it for years

so I was eager to try

Rose's recipe.

The key difference is

her use of walnuts

rather than pine nuts.

Pesto is incredibly easy

to whiz up in the mini Cuisinart.

It may not be the authentic 

time honored mortar and pestle way

but it works.

This is good pesto

and if I had never had

it made with pine nuts

I would think it was wonderful.

I prefer the sweetness

pine nuts impart.

I like Rose's recipe

with the pinch of sugar

and dash of cayenne pepper

and will use it again

substituting pine nuts.

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Rose's Melting Pot: A Cooking Tour of America's Ethnic Celebrations

by

Rose Levy Beranbaum