Pestos!: Cooking with Herb Pastes

by Dorothy Rankin

29 recipes for pestos plus 60 recipes for using them in soups, appetizers, sauces, bread, marinades for grilling, salad dressings & entrees. This is a gourmet-treat book to liven up your meals & your... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895941805
• ISBN13: 9780895941800
• Release Date: September 1985
• Publisher: Crossing Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Nuts for Pestos

Pestos! by Dorothy Rankin is THE essential book in my herb filled house . Late July provides a wonderful abundance of basil and other leafy herbal delights just begging to be processed. This book gives every detail in direction and proportions to insure perfect pestos.And the variety is enough to keep even the most avid herbalist busy with new ideas for using herbal pastes. It's not just for pasta. And basil is not the only paeto herb. Although the Classic Basil Pesto is good enough to eat spread on crusty bread or even right out of a spoon.The combinations like Cilantro Pesto and Sage Pesto are wonderful ways to use herbs in ways that capture the fresh-picked flavor for a long time. And the recipes like Shrimp with Cold Cilantro Sauce and Pesto Stuffed Mushrooms are delicious and practical.My well-worn copy of this book is my best summer reading. My family and friends are the happy diners who motivate me to use this book each season. Although I've committed many of the recipes to memory after so many years of use, I'd be lost without my copy of Pestos! Easy tasty pestos bring summer garden freshness into more dishes than I'd ever imagined. This book is a must-have for the dedicated or simply curious herb enthusiast.Warnig! Do not loan this book out. You'll never get it back! Get enough copies for sharing. Once they've seen it, everyone wants this book.

If you grow herbs, this book is essential.

"Pestos! Cooking with herb pastes" by Dorothy Rankin will ensure that you have an endless supply of the most tasty sauces for meatless or meaty diets, because pestos really take only moments to make in your blender. It's also got recipes which show you how to use your newly created culinary delights.I borrowed a friend's copy of the first edition of this book more years ago than I can remember, then placed a special order for the next edition ten years ago. Now I'm ordering extra copies for friends. If you grow herbs, this book is the essential companion for end-of-season and pruning gluts. If you only have access to bunches of herbs at your local market, get it anyhow.