1 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, firm packed
1/2 cup parsley, firmly packed
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/4 tsp salt
3 each cloves garlic
1/4 cup pine nuts, 1 oz
Directions
Place all ingredients in food processor workbowl fitted with steel
blade or in a blender container; cover and process until well
blended. Makes about 1
1/4 cups Pesto
Servings: 4 servings
Cilantro Pesto Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Italian; Sauce
The History of Recipes
Recipes as a concept can be tracked back into antiquity, at least as far as the Egyptians, and possibly even further than that. In practice though, these, ancient recipes were just basic pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for food preparation.
In an interesting twist, the oldest recipe found, according to experts in ancient history are a few stone tablets in the Sumerian language which show the making of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as having made anyone who drank it feel `wonderful`. Much later, in Roman times a man called Apicius compiled a collection of scripts describing recipes enjoyed by the Romans. In his works, he tells us how the roman meals were split into appetizers, entrees and afters, something we still use today. Aspicius recounts how the ancient cooks used a good variety of herbs, including a few that will be familiar to modern chefs for example bay, mint and parsley. Continuing our culinary historical journey, there are two interesting books from the 14th Century - a book published under the title `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary called `Curye on Inglish`. Despite their titles, these two books are nothing to do with the curry that is familiar to us all today, but instead accounts of the types of meals prepared by the chefs of the nobility of the time. Later on, in the 15th century, the Crusaders brought back many foods, spices and herbs from the East, such as coriander, basil and rosemary. The introduction of these new tastes created a surge in manuscripts on food, most of which are kept safe in private libraries. Over the succeeding few hundred years, the wealthy families of the West competed with each other to serve the best banquets, and as a result cooks and their recipes increased in prestige. However, it was during the 1800s that formal cookery and recipe books reached a high level of popularity. The Famous Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Farmer in the USA, devoted their lives to collecting, verifying, and publishing recipes common in their social group. When we get to the twentieth century, cooking books were in high demand, due to increased literacy, people having more free time and a general increase in wealth. |
We hope you enjoy this Cilantro Pesto recipe.
