Pesto Potatoes
From chefmeow 17 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 8
This recipe is a must try. It is easy to make yet tastes like you slaved for hours. I got rave reviews when I took it to a block party last weekend. Be prepared to hand out the recipe
Ingredients
- 2 pounds medium yellow fleshed potatoes shopping list
- 1 cup firmly packed fresh basil leaves shopping list
- 1/2 cup torn fresh spinach leaves shopping list
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese shopping list
- 1/4 cup pine nuts shopping list
- 2 cloves garlic quartered shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 2 tablespoons olive oil shopping list
- 2 tablespoons water shopping list
- 4 ounces cream cheese shopping list
- 1 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper shopping list
- 3 tablespoons milk shopping list
How to make it
- Peel and quarter potatoes.
- Cook covered in a small amount of boiling lightly salted water for 20 minutes then drain.
- In a food processor bowl combine basil, spinach, Parmesan cheese, pine nuts, garlic and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
- Cover and process with several on-off turns until paste forms stopping the machine several times and scraping down sides.
- With machine running gradually add oil and water then process to the consistency of soft butter.
- Mash warm potatoes with a potato masher or an electric mixer on low speed.
- Add cream cheese and season with salt and pepper.
- Gradually beat in enough milk to make potatoes light and fluffy.
- Top with 2 tablespoons pesto.
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