Categories: Sauces, Cheese 
      Yield: 1 servings 
  
      2 c  Fresh basil leaves - 
           -loosely packed 
    1/4 c  Onions - chopped 
      2 T  Garlic - chopped 
    1/2 lb Butter - softened 
      1 c  Olive oil 
    1/2 c  Parmesan cheese - grated 
    1/4 c  Pine nuts - toasted 
      1 t  Salt 
    1/4 t  White pepper 
  
    1.  Pick through basil and remove large stems and bad leaves.  Chop 
        basil fine in food processor.  Add onions and garlic to the processor 
        bowl and puree.  Set aside in a large bowl. 
    2.  Put one stick of butter into the processor and give it a whirl. 
        Add half the olive oil, followed by another stick of butter, followed 
        by the other half of the olive oil, blending well as you go until you 
        have a thick liquid. 
    3.  Pour butter-oil mixture into the bowl with the basil puree.  Add 
        Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper.  Stir well until completely 
  blended. 
    NOTE: When making pasta with pesto, put hot cooked pasta into a 
    skillet over medium heat.  Spoon four tablespoons of pesto sauce over 
    the pasta and, with a kitchen fork, toss and blend with the pasta. The 
    sauce will break if you put it into the skillet first - always stif 
    the sauce into the pasta rather than vice-versa. 
    Makes 3 cups - enough for 12 servings. 
    Chef Andrea Apuzzo says, "Pesto sauce - green and aromatic - is a 
    rich, herbal concoction which has seemingly endless uses.  Once you 
    make it, you will find yourself putting it not only in pasta (the 
    classic pesto employment), but also in soups, on top of chicken, with 
    fish, and lots of other things.  We make a pesto butter sauce - not 
    really traditional, but most delicious. 
    His book, La Cucina di Andrea's, is available at his fine restaurant 
    in Metairie, Louisiana.  I've had one of the finest meals I've ever 
    had at his establishment.  It is located at 
                Andrea's Restaurant 
                3100 Nineteenth Street 
                Metairie, Louisiana 70002 
    If you love Italian food, you will want to have this fine cook book. 
    Source: La Cucina di Andrea's 
   
  From: Steve Herrick                   Date: 05-14-92