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Verde Sauce Recipe

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This traditional-tasting Verde Sauce will add some beautiful color to your plate. You'll love the robust garlic flavor. Ann Sheehy, Lawrence, MA

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Verde Sauce Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 25 min.

Yield: 12 Servings

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Ingredients

6 green onions, cut into thirds
5 garlic cloves, peeled
2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
3 cups loosely packed basil leaves
3 cups loosely packed parsley sprigs
1 jar (10 ounces) sliced green olives with pimientos, drained
1 jar (3-1/2 ounces) capers, drained
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 cup grated Parmesan and Romano cheese blend
1 cup olive oil

Directions

Place the onions, garlic and lemon peel in a food processor; cover and pulse until chopped. Add half of the basil and parsley; cover and process until chopped. Add remaining basil and parsley; chop.
Add the olives, capers, lemon juice, pepper flakes and cheese; cover and process until blended. While processing, gradually add oil in a steady stream. Yield: 12 servings (3 cups).

Nutritional Facts 1/4 cup (calculated without pasta) equals 249 calories, 25 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 10 mg cholesterol, 793 mg sodium, 4 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 5 g protein.

Originally published as Verde Sauce in Taste of Home February/March 2010, p26

Light-Bodied White Wine

Enjoy this recipe with a light-bodied white wine such as Sauvignon Blanc or Pinot Grigio.

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Reviewed on May. 24, 2010 by Calles

Make this a day ahead if you can it will only get BETTER as the flavors marry and blend. This is a large recipe divide into 1 cup servings and freeze what you don't used or use it all for large group events