Recipe for Sage-Pecan Pesto

Currently my garden is producing a huge surplus of Sage, so recently I asked on Twitter what fellow food bloggers thought I should do with it. Making pesto was the first of several good ideas people mentioned for using fresh sage. (More posts coming!) For people like my recent refrigerator repairman who aren't familiar with pesto, it's a type of Italian pasta sauce made with crushed herbs and garlic. The classic Pesto alla Genovese is made with Genovese basil, salt, garlic, extra-virgin olive oil, pine nuts, and Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. These days pesto is made with many types of herbs, and other ingredients can also vary.

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