Pestortillas

Is the frost about to nip all your basil plants? Need a new idea for how to use about all that fresh basil you suddenly need to use up? Try making some pestortillas!

Step 1: Ingredients

- 2 cups tightly packed basil leaves
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic
(Optional additions: a tablespoon or two of Parmesan cheese and pine nuts)

- 2 1/2 cups white flour
- 1 teaspoons salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 tablespoons shortening

Comments

[mrsthursday]

ty : ) About to use this recipe with spinach...wish me luck.

[MattLindley]

I wonder if you could do something similar with oregano? I have a giant patch of oregano growing wild in my back yard (can't kill the stuff). Seems like a waste for it all to die off each year.

[Very Interesting]

Now I know what to do with the out-of-control basil plant in the front yard!

[jessyratfink]

Those are beautiful! I wish my basil hadn't died when I was in SF - I'd definitely be using it for this! :D