Ingredients
1/2 cup olive oil
2 cup tightly packed basil leaves
1/4 cup tightly packed fresh parsley
3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
2 cloves garlic, cut in half
1/2 tsp salt
1 pepper to taste
2 tbsp pine nuts
12 in. pizza crusts
Directions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. For pesto sauce, place oil, basil,
parsley, 1/2 cup cheese, garlic, salt and pepper and pine nuts in a
processor or blender.
Using on-off turns, process or blend ingredients for about 2 minutes,
scraping down sides of blender or processor bowl once or twice.
Spread half of pesto sauce evenly over each pizza, coming to within
1/2 inch of edge.
Bake until top bubbles, 4 to 5 minutes.
Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup of cheese. Slice and serve
immediately. Makes two 12 inch pizzas.
SOURCE: *Quick Italian Cuisine International, Knapp Press C 1984 ISBN
0-89535-147-1 SHARED BY: Jim Bodle 3/93
Servings: 12 servings
Pesto Cocktail Pizza Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Italian; Party; Pasta; Pizza; Sauce
The History of Recipes
Recipes as an idea can be observed way back into history, in fact as far back as the ancient Egyptians, and quite possibly further than that. Having said that, in the main part, these ancient cook books were just very simple pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for meal preparation.
In an interesting twist, the most ancient recipe discovered, according to food historians are a few stone tablets in ancient Sumerian which show the baking of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making drinkers feel exhilarated. As we move into The time of the roman empire around 25BC a roman called Apicius compiled a collection of scripts showing how to cook the recipes cooked by his fellow Romans. In his scrolls, Apicius recounts how the roman meals were split into hors d`oeuvre, entrees and dessert, known in latin as `Gustatio, Primae Mensae and Secundae Mensae`. Additionally, he recounts how the Romans were skilled in the use of a good variety of spices and herbs, including a few you will know such as basil, rue and asafoetida. In the 15th century, knights returning from the crusades brought back a variety of spices and herbs from the holy lands, including basil and coriander. These new foods and spices prompted a surge in recipe manuscripts, the majority of which are kept safe in private collections. The arrival of TV brings us TV chefs and the accompanying recipe books. Which pretty much brings us up to date and the invention of the internet, permitting everybody to access massive numbers of recipes such as those found on this site. |
We hope you enjoy this Pesto Cocktail Pizza recipe.
