pesto for jessica's birthday

Today is Jessica's birthday and we are having a similar meal to celebrate since she is in a different part of the country. Part of the meal is pesto on curly pasta. Since Jessica is vegan, here is the recipe Sukie created for the occasion (very good btw!)

Outside the Margins Pesto

8 oz of button mushrooms broken small and cooked well with 2 small minced onions, extra virgin olive oil, a little water and a good bit of golden sherry

About 1/2 to 2/3 of that will go into the pesto and you can use the rest as is or with some extra black pepper and some parsley added, or with fresh peas, or...

For the pesto itself: use the food processor to process fully:

that portion of the cooked mushroom combo
4 chopped cloves of garlic
about 1 and 1/2 cups of shelled pecans
salt and pepper to taste
a generous amount (I had to had more as it was processing.) of a flavorful oil such as Sciabica's Hillside 7 Estate Pressing
I guess about a 1/2 cup to 2/3 of a cup of very flavorful basil leaves
I guess about a cup to a cup and a half of Italian Parsley leaves

And when processed fully that gets you our Outside the Margins Pesto!

Comments

[Michelle]

Hey, I just came across your blog...this recipe looks really good! My entire family is vegetarian, so it's nice to see that people out there are posting recipes for "normal" foods that we can also enjoy eating :) Just a quick question...what food processor would you suggest? I've had one (that I got from my parents) for about 9 years, and I'm thinking of upgrading. Do you have any tips? Here's the site I've been looking at:

Possible Food Processors

Thanks! I hope the birthday celebration went well :)