Black Garlic Pesto
Kick your pesto up a notch!
Pesto, no matter how its made, is a beautiful accompaniment to pasta
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But what about when you add some black magic?
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Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 and get your water boiling.
- Cook your pasta per the package instructions, removing it from the water when al dente and draining it. This is often a minute or two prior to the package instructions.
- While your pasta cooks: Mince your garlic, grate your cheese, and wash your basil.
- Using a mortar and pestle crush and combine all of the pesto ingredients except your salt and pepper (a blender or food processor both work, but can create a bitter flavor in the oil)
- Taste and adjust any ingredients that you feel are lacking. Add salt and pepper to taste
- Feel free to zest in some lemon or add parsley to this, whatever makes your taste buds happy
- Using the same pot you made your pasta in, toss your pasta with your pesto to make sure it evenly coats it.
- Slice your bread. If you have a baguette style loaf, cut length wise. If you have a boule loaf slice into sandwich slices.
- Butter your bread like it has something to hide... seriously smother it in butter.
- Mince up your two types of garlic and spread it onto the buttered bread evenly.
- Put your slices or halved loaf onto a baking sheet and bake until a crisp golden grown around the edges with a nice golden middle.
- EAT! With all these smells in your kitchen even the rarely seen teenager will migrate to the kitchen.