Name: Parsley Pesto And Feta Phyllo Pizza
Ingredients: 3 c Packed fresh parsley leaves; preferably; ; flat-leafed (about; ; 3 bunches), rinsed; ; and spun dry; 2 lg Garlic cloves; chopped; 1/3 c Freshly grated Parmesan cheese; 1/3 c Pine nuts; toasted until; ; golden and cooled; 1/3 c Olive oil; 3/4 Stick unsalted butter; melted and kept; ; warm (6; ; tablespoons); 10 Sheets phyllo; stacked between 2; ; sheets of wax paper; ; and covered with a; ; kitchen towel; 9 tb Freshly grated Parmesan cheese; (about 2 ounces); 3/4 c Crumbled feta cheese; (about 1/4 pound)

There is no use trying to be more spiritual than God. God never meant man to be a purely spiritual creature. That is why He uses material things like bread and wine to put the new life into us. We may think this rather crude and unspiritual. God does not: He invented eating. He likes matter. He invented it. I know some muddle-headed Christians have talked as if Christianity taught that sex, or the body, or pleasure, were bad in themselves. But they were wrong. Christianity is almost the only one of the great religions which thoroughly approves of the body – which believes that matter is good, that God Himself once took on a human body, and that some kind of body is going to be given to us even in Heaven and is going to be an essential part of our happiness, our beauty, and our energy.

C.S. Lewis

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Grains		December 19	1	servings

INGREDIENTS

3	c	Packed fresh parsley leaves; preferably
		; flat-leafed (about
		; 3 bunches), rinsed
		; and spun dry
2	lg	Garlic cloves; chopped
1/3	c	Freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1/3	c	Pine nuts; toasted until
		; golden and cooled
1/3	c	Olive oil
3/4		Stick unsalted butter; melted and kept
		; warm (6
		; tablespoons)
10		Sheets phyllo; stacked between 2
		; sheets of wax paper
		; and covered with a
		; kitchen towel
9	tb	Freshly grated Parmesan cheese; (about 2 ounces)
3/4	c	Crumbled feta cheese; (about 1/4 pound)

INSTRUCTIONS

FOR PESTO
Preheat the oven to 400F.
Make pesto:
In a food processor blend well all pesto ingredients. Pesto may be made 3
days ahead and chilled, surface covered with plastic wrap.
Lightly brush a large baking sheet with some butter and put 1 sheet phyllo
on butter. Lightly brush phyllo with some remaining butter and sprinkle
with 1 tablespoon Parmesan. Put another sheet phyllo over cheese, pressing
firmly so that it adheres to bottom layer. Butter, sprinkle with cheese,
and layer remaining phyllo in same manner, ending with a sheet of phyllo.
Lightly brush top sheet with remaining butter. Fold in all sides 1/4 inch,
pressing to top sheet, and fold up a 1/4-inch border, crimping corners.
Spread pesto and phyllo crust and sprinkle with feta.
Bake pizza in middle of oven until crust is golden, about 15 minutes.
Serves 4 to 6 as an entree or 8 to 10 as an hors d'oeuvre.
Gourmet December 1994
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