Pesto is a basil-based, versatile sauce that originated in northern Italy. Pesto is simple and easy to make.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.Serves 6 as a side dish.

Aaahhh… a hot bowl of savory soup. What a perfect, comforting antidote to a blustery winter storm. Hmmm… not in a cold climate? A chilled zucchini soup with lemon basil might just hit the spot. Try this great cookbook with over 180 recipes for every month of the year!

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Pad Kaprow Koong Recipe. Somchai Somkarchati, chef at London Restaurant Thai on the River, will show you how to make this deliciously spicy dish of stir-fried prawns with French beans, chilli and basil leaves. Enjoy our Pad Kaprow Koong recipe.

A tomato sauce is any of a very large number of sauces made primarily out of tomatoes, usually to be served as part of a dish (rather than as a condiment). Tomato sauces are common for meat and vegetables, but they are perhaps best known as sauces for pasta dishes.Tomatoes have a rich flavor, a low liquid content, very soft flesh which breaks down easily, and the right composition to thicken up into a sauce when they are cooked (without the need of thickeners like roux). All of these make them ideal for simple and appealing sauces.The simplest tomato sauces consist just of chopped tomato flesh (with the skins and seeds optionally removed), cooked in a little olive oil and simmered until it loses its raw flavour, and seasoned with salt.Water (or another, more flavorful liquid such as stock or wine) is often added to keep it from drying out too much. Onion and garlic are almost always sauteed at the beginning before the tomato is added. Other seasonings typically include basil, oregano, parsley, and possibly some spicy red pepper or black pepper. Ground or chopped meat is also common.