Green Chile-Cilantro Pesto Sauce

Name: Green Chile-Cilantro Pesto Sauce
Yield: Serves 4 to 6 (Makes enough to sauce 1 lb of pasta)
Ingredients: 2 cups, lightly packed fresh cilantro; 1 1/2 cups, grated Parmesan cheese; 4 , (4-ounce) cans chopped green chiles; 1 , jalapeño chile, seeded and chopped fine; 1/4 cup, pine nuts, toasted; 2 , garlic cloves, peeled; 1/2 cup, olive oil

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2008

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This twist on pesto sauce gets its heat from green chiles and jalapeños.

SERVES4 to 6 (Makes enough to sauce 1 lb of pasta)

TIME20 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

This inventive Southwestern update is a new take on a traditional pesto sauce recipe. We prefer the heat of canned hot green chiles in this pesto sauce recipe, but medium or mild chiles will also work well. This pesto recipe works with both...

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