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There’s something about pesto that I just love. It’s so simple, so tasty and so easy to make. When we went to Amorina a while back we had pizza that used a sun dried tomato pesto instead of tomato sauce and it gave the pizza an extra little punch. I was intrigued, so I found a recipe for sun dried tomato pesto and got to work.

All the recipes I found called for tomatoes soaked in oil so that’s what I used, but I think next time I’ll just use regular dried tomatoes because I think they have a tangier flavor. I simply tossed all the ingredients in my food processor and viola, I had my very own sun dried tomato pesto.

I used it on a whole wheat pizza crust the other night and it was good, although I wish it had a slightly deeper/tangier flavor. I’m planning on using the remaining pesto in a pasta/sausage/ricotta mixture one night this week. I think it’ll do the trick.