I am not sure what went wrong with this project. Hopefully someone here can point out my error.
I harvested my basil and some parsley. Washed it, dried it and stemmed it. Put it in the food processor with garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and some salt and pepper. I had a lovely bright green-flecked paste that looked just wonderful and smelled great too. Then I put it in a plastic container and drizzled a layer of olive oil over it.
Later, I made some pasta (bowtie), added a large scoop of the pesto and some heavy cream. Gave it a stir and it looked great. BUT a minute or so later my pasta was a dingy, army green that looked very unappetizing. It tasted fine, but looked like something that had been sitting out for weeks.
What went wrong?!? I am know I made pesto before and froze it. Does something happen when you freeze it to keep the green color? I have never added parsley to this before, does that do something to the color? When I look at the clear container the pesto has retained the bright color. It's just when it is mixed with the warm pasta that it seems to turn dull green.
I harvested my basil and some parsley. Washed it, dried it and stemmed it. Put it in the food processor with garlic, pine nuts, olive oil and some salt and pepper. I had a lovely bright green-flecked paste that looked just wonderful and smelled great too. Then I put it in a plastic container and drizzled a layer of olive oil over it.
Later, I made some pasta (bowtie), added a large scoop of the pesto and some heavy cream. Gave it a stir and it looked great. BUT a minute or so later my pasta was a dingy, army green that looked very unappetizing. It tasted fine, but looked like something that had been sitting out for weeks.
What went wrong?!? I am know I made pesto before and froze it. Does something happen when you freeze it to keep the green color? I have never added parsley to this before, does that do something to the color? When I look at the clear container the pesto has retained the bright color. It's just when it is mixed with the warm pasta that it seems to turn dull green.
"There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't and that's a wife who can't cook and will." ~Robert Frost (1847-1963)
Karen (iCook)
Karen (iCook)