Three Italian favorites combined with the addition of bacon. Four cheese ravioli, basil pesto and caprese salad. A four cheese ravioli almost always will contain mozzarella, which is one of the ingredients in a caprese salad, with the other two being basil and tomato. The salad is typically drizzled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
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If you have cooked a Mediterranean (Italian, Greek, North African among other country’s in the region) or Thai dish, then you may already know a few things about basil. It’s one of the world’s most popular herbs and can be used in a wide range of cooking methods. Basil Balsamic Vinaigrette Fresh basil has a
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According to Spice Pages by Gernot Katzer, basil is native to India, though it is not used as a culinary herb, but rather is considered sacred and use in religious rites. Besides the most common Mediterranean type basil sold in the Western world, there is also varieties from the Asian world, such as Thailand‘s sweet basil
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