pesto!
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I used Jamie Olivers pesto recipe, delicious.
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegeterian-recipes/basic-pesto
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegeterian-recipes/basic-pesto
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We do have a group or something but seemingly nobody uses it.
It's a good idea, but more will see it here in GD. Plus we need to let the stupid photo meme pass.
Yep.
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Not too keen on the normal pesto, but like the tomato variant. I think it's the pine nuts I'm not too keen on as I like fresh basil etc :s
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Pesto is amazing! Simple but tastes brilliant.
Make your own pizza, don't put a tomato base but whack a load of pesto on. It's the best.
Sacla do an Aubergine pesto that is really really nice, also just 'discovered' the Sainsbury's taste the difference pesto alla genovese which is the best green pesto I've had yet...
Considering how much of it I eat I really should get a blender and make my own
Food of the gods indeed
Considering how much of it I eat I really should get a blender and make my own
Food of the gods indeed
Pesto is amazing! Simple but tastes brilliant.
Make your own pizza, don't put a tomato base but whack a load of pesto on. It's the best.
Nnooooooo!!!! WRONG!!!!!
Sundried tomato pesto + Basil pesto together on one of those, like duh!
(How do you make the bases yourself? Recipe plz).
Sainsbury's Taste the Difference, Asda's Extra Special, Morrison's The Best and whatever Tesco's equivelent is is all 99% the same stuff, just rebranded for each supermarket with a tiny ingredient variation lol.
The problem is they cost more and have a lot more sugar + fat in them, but they taste awesome.
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Red pesto > Green pesto...
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Nnooooooo!!!! WRONG!!!!!
Sundried tomato pesto + Basil pesto together on one of those, like duh!
(How do you make the bases yourself? Recipe plz).
Haha, I might try that next time! Could be good!
I just used any standard pizza base recipe really which makes 2 extra large pizzas / 3 large pizzas (if you're making thin crust). This is a rough ingredients list:
500g strong bread flour
7g (one sachet) of yeast
1.5 or so tsp salt
2 or so tsp sugar
Around 250ml warm water (judge it on feel)
Some oil
1. Mix the flour, salt, sugar and yeast together.
2. Mix the flour and water together. People have different ways of doing this:
a. Put the flour in a large bowl and pour in water bit at a time and mix until the right consistency.
b. Put the water in a large bowl and tip the flour in bit at a time and mix until the right consistency.
c. Put the flour on a worksurface and make a well. Pour the water in the well, and using a fork stir the water mixing the flour in until the right consistency.
Whichever you choose (option c. can prove to be messy if you do it wrong), towards the end when it's becoming more of the right consistency, dust your hands with flour and mix it in.
3. Knead the dough for 10 mins or so.
4. Oil a large bowl and put the dough in it. Put a warm damp towel over the bowl and leave it for 30 mins - 1 hour (longer the better).
5. Knead it again for another 10 mins or so.
6a. If you don't want to use it now, wrap it up tight in clingfilm and put it in the fridge/freezer.
6b. Roll it out to desired shape. It will be left to rise again and will rise in the oven so make it quite a lot thinner than the thickness you'll want it as.
7. Put it on foil on a baking tray and cover it with a warm damp towel again from 30 mins.
8. Put the grill on and lightly grill the dough until it's only just turning golden.
9. Flip the pizza base gently as you don't want to knock the air out, and oil the top of the pizza base. Very lightly grill the top (like a couple of mins); this will ensure that the base ingredient layer won't make it soggy.
10. Add ingredients as desired. Cook for about 10 mins.
11. Voila, you have yourself a home cooked pizza!
12. Tweak the recipe as desired and make pizza again another time!
I initially decided I wasn't going to type out a recipe lol.. meh.
Yesss. Amazing stuff. Om nom nom.
Nahh. Usually green > red.
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LOL! When we get ready made pizzas with pesto on them, my mom still thinks its mould and always asks in a freaked out voice 'What is this green stuff?'.
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I told her once that its mouldy beef but tastes yummy, and the look on her face was priceless
Then go buy some! Only a quid or so. And it's a lot more fun making your own
Yea, I know, but making bread / dough isnt really something I wanna do :x
Pasta, eggs and tinned or ready food is the extent of my culinary skills
The thing is if I bought some yeast, it would stay sat there and no one would ever use it.
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Why ask for a recipe then? Lol.
You could always use pre made pizza base.
You could always use pre made pizza base.