Pesto
The Chef Mavens Homemade Pesto Focaccia Bread Recipe
February 2, 2011 | 
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I have continued with baking up a storm in hopes to match the storm outside my windows in New York. I decided to take my pizza dough recipe and turn it into a wonderful pesto foccacia bread with a few shallots baked on top along with a few sprinkles of crushed red pepper to spice it up just a bit.
There are many variations of course that you can create the right focaccia just for you and some of those suggestions are listed below.
To make this delectable side bread, it's easier that saying pizza pie! Read the rest of this entry »
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Hearty Sandwiches 101 – Fresh Mozzarella, Roasted Red Peppers with Pesto, Mesclun and Mortadella Sandwich
Hearty Sandwiches 101 - Fresh Mozzarella, Roasted Red Peppers with Pesto, Mesclun and Mortadella Sandwich
I decided to switch their sandwich up just another notch by adding naughty thinly sliced mortadella, my own freshly made pesto and fresh mesclun greens with fresh cracked pepper and sea salt with a little drizzle of balsamic glaze. Oh yeah kiddo, I kid you not. This sandwich would be great to make even a day ahead, wrap in foil or wax paper and placing a brick on it, in the fridge to get all that goodness to really marry.
Shall we get started then? Yes, but of course! Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in lunch ideas, Pesto, super bowl recipes | Tags: fresh mozzarella, hearty sandwiches, kids lunch ideas, lunch ideas, NY, pesto, picnic, quick, quick and easy, roasted red peppers, super bowl recipes | No Comments »