Recipe - Asian Pesto Noodle And Cucumber Salad

FOR PESTO
1 bn Basil
One fourth bn Mint
One fourth bn Cilantro
One half cup Roasted peanuts
3 Serrano chiles; stem removed
2 tablespoon Minced ginger
2 tablespoon Minced garlic
1 tablespoon Sugar
One fourth cup Lime juice
1 tablespoon Salt
1 teaspoon White pepper
1 cup Peanut oil

FOR CUCUMBER SALAD
8 ounce Blanched and refreshed
shanghai noodles
1 Cucumber; julienned
One fourth cup Chopped scallions

GARNISH
Chopped peanuts
Freshly chopped mint
Freshly chopped cilantro
Basil leaves

Make the pesto:

In a food processor process the first 11 ingredients. Slowly add the oil in
a stream. Taste for seasoning.

Finish the salad:

In a large bowl, mix noodles, cucumber and scallions with enough pesto to
cover the noodles. Garnish the chopped peanuts, mint, cilantro and basil
leaves.

Recipe by: Cooking Live Show #CL8941

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #782 by "Angele and Jon Freeman"
jfreeman@netusa1.net on Sep 15, 1997