Maccheroni Calabrese alla Oven Dried Tomato Pesto

Sun dried tomato pesto is one of my favorite pesto's. Having just oven dried my own tomatoes I had to try making the pesto with them. I used the same recipe that I always do replacing the sun dried tomatoes with the oven dried tomatoes. The pesto turned out pretty good. The oven dried tomatoes gave the pesto a really nice concentrated tomato flavour.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup oven dried tomatoes (or sun dried tomatoes)
2 tablespoons fresh basil leaves (optional)
1 clove garlic (chopped)
2 tablespoons pine nuts (toasted)
1/4 cup parmigiano-reggiano (grated)
3 tablespoons olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
1. Place everything into a food processor and blend.
Similar recipes:
Sundried Tomato Pesto
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4 comments:
As usual, your food inspires and makes me want to go cook it :)
I would agree that the oven dried tomatoes you have made would be perfect for the pesto!!!!
Yum Looks good! I like the flavours!
A great idea for this time of year. And since I'm actually wearing a sweater....I probably don't even need an air conditioner to help me through the oven-drying process.
Thanks for sharing with Presto Pasta Nights.
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