Reviewed: Aug. 9, 2011

a nice light pasta dish, with a little twea might work well as a cold noodle dish

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kellymc125

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Aug. 1, 2011

I misread the directions and added the artichoke to the food processor so I ended up with a yummy hummus-like paste. I'll add a cup of the starchy pasta water to make more of a sauce. I agree with the other comments that this is VERY garlicky, and I only used 5 cloves. Otherwise nice flavors!

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Charity516

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Chelsea, Michigan, USA

Living In: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Reviewed: May 12, 2011

Pretty good, not really a pesto sauce though! But I love lime and cilantro

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Foxtrot88

Reviewed: Apr. 12, 2010

Super zesty and easy to make. I'll definitely be making this again.

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dontdoitjenna

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 7, 2010

Fresh and delicious (and yes, garlicky!). I did use 8 cloves of garlic, but they were very small cloves. If I was making this again, I would probably use 4 regular-size cloves of garlic and have plenty of flavor. Still, it's all in the preference of the consumer. I loved this pesto, garlic breath and all. Thanks for the recipe!

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SunnyByrd

Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 29, 2009

I used regular marinated artichokes as I've never seen frozen ones. Delicious!

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Angi

Reviewed: Sep. 14, 2009

This was pretty good and fairly easy (we did it without a food processor so the consistency was a little off). Like others, we used basil instead of cilantro and just our two garlic cloves seemed a little much. We forgot to put in the walnuts, but I bet that would help counter some of the garlic.

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abralw

Reviewed: Sep. 11, 2009

There is way too much garlic and it overpowers the rest.

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Isabelle

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Aug. 13, 2009

Very good, but like many others have said...8 cloves of garlic is a lot. I only used four and that was still way too much. I am a garlic lover, but I will only use two cloves next time. Otherwise, I really liked this!

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DiannaL

Reviewed: Jul. 28, 2009

Well, i am not a pesto expert but this doesn't seem to be great. The lemon juice and english walnuts made it quite bitter. I added about 1 tsp of sugar and this seemed to help some. I cut back on the garlic to 4 cloves but that was still WAY TOO MUCH!!! i suggest only 2 and i am garlic lover. I used 14 oz of artichokes because i had to try and cut the over-garlicky taste. Overall, this recipe needs serious help. I think i am going to use the leftovers as a base for spaghetti.

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