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Wed, Jun 18, 08 at 16:04
| Pine nuts are quite expensive. Does anyone have any recipes using other nuts instead of Pine nuts? I am not a big fan of walnuts or pecans. I do like cashews, peanuts, and almonds.
Is the taste of non pine nut recipes comparable? I have 15 basil plants growing so I need a recipe. thanks,
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- Posted by ginger_st_thomas (My Page) on Wed, Jun 18, 08 at 17:14
| Use any recipe substituting almonds. Very similar. |
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- Posted by rachelellen (My Page) on Wed, Jun 18, 08 at 18:53
| I agree with ginger, if you want the closest flavor...but any nut can be used, and they all add their unique flavors to the pesto. |
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| Pine nuts have their own flavor..... But just use the same recipe and sub whatever nuts you like for the pignoles...cashews might be good. Or....you could skip the nuts alltogether. Your pesto would be olive oil, garlic, basil and parmesan cheese. Linda C |
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- Posted by canarybird (My Page) on Thu, Jun 19, 08 at 8:49
| Last time I made basil pesto I subbed half the quantity of pine nuts with cashew nuts and the flavour was very good. I normally use all pine nuts but as I had a full bag of unsalted cashews I thought to try it. It was delicious....as cashews also have a good flavour for using in a pesto. Here's the recipe I took from an Italian TV cooking program: 4 cloves garlic, minced Process in food processor, adding oil slowly until all is creamy.
SharonCb |
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