Grace Before Meals #2 - Basil Pesto Sauce!
In this episode green is the theme and Fr. Leo gives a background on it’s history while cooking up a delicious pesto sauce- Webisode 2 of 6 in this series.
Who would have thought it possible to create Liturgically colored sauces? Well, Fr. Leo did! Join him in the kitchen at Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland as he jumps into the kitchen and dives into our Catholic faith. Bring your appetite. You’re going to get hungry! In this episode Fr. Leo shows you how to make an INCREDIBLE green pesto sauce.
Want to make it yourself? Here’s the recipe:
BASIL PESTO SAUCE [Green] (serves 4)
2 cups of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
¼ cup of pine nuts
2 pinches of red peppers flakes
1/3 cup of grated parmesan cheese
2 cups of fresh basil leaves (washed and dried)
1 teaspoon of kosher salt
½ teaspoon of pepper
1 box of penne pasta cooked al dente
Cook pasta according to instructions on box. Saute garlic and toast pine nuts by heating a teaspoon of olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Add garlic whole and allow to brown on all sides. Add 2 pinches of red pepper flakes and pine nuts and allow pine nuts to brown slightly. Remove from heat as soon as pine nuts develop some color. Let cool. Prepare the blender or a food processor. Add the rest of the oil, basil leaves, garlic, pine nuts, salt and pepper, and parmesan cheese. Allow to blend until desired consistency. To assist the blending process, you may have to add more olive oil or occasionally stop the blender / processor and stir ingredients. Pour over hot pasta. Add more cheese if desired.
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Fr. Leo,
The pesto sauce sounds like it would taste good. I’ve think I know what the red and white sauce are going to be. But I’m really curious about the purple sauce (assuming that last sauce will be purple).
Anyway, can’t wait for the other episodes. I think I’m going to give the pesto sauce recipe a try.
Grazie!
Fr. Leo,
Delicious! Can’t wait for more episodes. The book arrived this week and I can’t wait to start cooking from it.
I can’t wait to make that!
Ben
Hey everyone!
Thanks for staying in touch, watching the video and trying our recipes. Above all thanks for your prayerful encouragement in this unique and new venture for me. Help us out by sharing faith around your dining room table and God’s!
Right now I’m in NY, and just did a live-in interview on Sirius Radio Show for Busted Halo. It was great fun! Now, I’m prepping to do a dinner with the Grass Roots Films production company in Brooklyn. These guys are the ones who did Fishers of Men and now have a new movie called The Human Experience. There’s good stuff out there. Let’s make sure we keep sending it on to others so that we can spread the Good Word throughout Cyberspace and Beyond. There is no East and West when it comes to the Love of God!
Happy Feasting!
Fr. Leo, what a terrific idea you have here! The pesto sauce looks tasty and we’ll be sure to try it soon. My little girl and I like to play “cooking show”, and this is great recipe for us to make together.
I’m curious about the purple recipe, too. Can’t wait for that episode.
Mike Zimmmer bit was funny
was that that catholic dvd????????
Fr Leo i am salivating
may well try
god bless you too and mike seminarina
I get the feeling Busted Halo is getting interested in SQPN that will be great for all SQPNERS
I think episode 154 will have Paul Camarata on from St. Cast that what they said anyway
I t wouldbe such good promotion for SQPN too
Good Luck with it
Another hit podcast from SQPN. Welcome Fr. Leo. “I’m getting hungry, too.”
Fr. Leo,
I have never tried a pesto sauce. You made it look so great so I just had to try it, and I did. It was very good. I was very impressed. I think it is my new favorite sauce of choice. But I have not tried any of the others yet.
Great episode, Great Sauce!!!