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A Different Pesto

From Lucas Vineyards

A special pasta dish with a glass of Lucas Vineyards Riesling.

A DIFFERENT PESTO

Serves 10

½ cup parsley

1½ cups fresh basil

14 cloves garlic (yes, 14!)

1 cup olive oil

½ cup Riesling wine

¼ cup pine nuts

pinch salt

Place parsley, basil, and garlic cloves in a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Turn on processor and add olive oil in a steady stream through the feed tube.

Add wine, pine nuts, and salt; process until smooth.

Makes 1½ cups of pesto.

Toss with favorite pasta.

Per serving: 230 calories; 23g fat (91% calories from fat); 2g protein; 3 g carbohydrates; 0mg cholesterol; 15mg sodium

Reprinted with permission of the author from Recipes from the Wineries of the Great Lakes by Joe Borrello, Raptor Press, Lapeer, MI, 1997.