Paul's Favorite Spinach-walnut Pesto

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/4 cups spinach leaves, packed and stemmed
• 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 cup romano cheese or 1 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• 1 cup walnut pieces
• 2 medium garlic cloves
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 3/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 place all ingredients in a food processor and pulse several times until coarsely chopped. scrape sides of bowl from time to time. process continuously until the sauce is smooth.
• 2 if the pesto is too thick, add a little hot water and pulse again.
• 3 at this point, you can either freeze the pesto for future use or toss immediately with prepared, hot spaghetti noodles.
• 4 serve with crusty bread and a good wine.