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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
yuck on jars!
olive oil, basil, pine nuts, garlic, pepper, parmesan-- that's it for me
i can substitute the pine nuts for walnuts, i'll even do parsley instead of basil in desperation, but jars? never!
once upon a time i used to work on a shitty restaurant as a waiter. they fed us free. on my first day there i ordered some cappelletti with pesto and when i tasted it i made a face-- the cook asked if i didnt like it and i said that overheating up the pesto had ruined it. i was right, of course, but the cook made my life miserable from that day. oh yes, i'm a great diplomat!
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from what i've learned, you never really cook the pesto, since it would only separate the oil from the mix... stir it in at the end! what an ass cook.