While watching Diners, Driveins and Dives we were inspired to make some sort of burger with bacon. We were also curious about making a pesto sauce. We decided on turkey burgers with swiss cheese, turkey bacon, and pesto sauce on English muffins. Besides the fact we did not have a food processor or a blender everything turned out quite well. Michael found a great pesto
recipe from herbs.suite101.com. We had to improvise a little by trying to chop everything up as much as we could and mixing it with a handmixer. We were a little worried the sauce would not turn out well, but the result was great because the pesto was chunky and delicious. We ate the burgers with fresh pineapple and sweet potato fries. It made for a very healthy, but scrumptious dinner.
The Pesto Recipe is as Follows:
Ingredients:
- 2 cups basil leaves, roughly chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled
- 3 tablespoons pine nuts
- 1/3 cup Romano or parmesan cheese, grated
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Toast the pine nuts over medium low heat in a small dry skillet until lightly browned (2-3 minutes).
Chop the basil, garlic and toasted pine nuts in a food processor or blender. Once roughly chopped, slowly add the olive oil.
After the sauce is blended to the proper consistency, stir in the cheese by hand. Add salt and pepper to taste
Toast the pine nuts over medium low heat in a small dry skillet until lightly browned (2-3 minutes).
Chop the basil, garlic and toasted pine nuts in a food processor or blender. Once roughly chopped, slowly add the olive oil.
After the sauce is blended to the proper consistency, stir in the cheese by hand. Add salt and pepper to taste
- Toast the pine nuts over medium low heat in a small dry skillet until lightly browned (2-3 minutes).
- Chop the basil, garlic and toasted pine nuts in a food processor or blender. Once roughly chopped, slowly add the olive oil.
- After the sauce is blended to the proper consistency, stir in the cheese by hand. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Toast the pine nuts over medium low heat in a small dry skillet until lightly browned (2-3 minutes).
Chop the basil, garlic and toasted pine nuts in a food processor or blender. Once roughly chopped, slowly add the olive oil.
After the sauce is blended to the proper consistency, stir in the cheese by hand. Add salt and pepper to taste
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The Pesto Recipe is as Follows:
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