So how do they bottle commercial pesto?

	Title:	So how do they bottle commercial pesto?
	Board:	Canning and Preserving at Recipelink.com
	From:	Charles Barnard, Menomonie, Wisconsin 8-30-2005
	To:	re: Canning Pesto Sauce
	Msg ID:	206337

O.k. to can pesto using the typical boiling water bath process, you need to alter the recipe to bring the pH below 4.6. The commercially canned pestos do not seem to have a pH this low (although I haven't checked with a meter), so what is the process used by commercial canners? Do they use a pressure vessel? Could one use a pressure cooker?

Mostly just curious...

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Replies:

	Request:Preserving Pesto Sauce
	ArtDC - 8-15-1998
	1	Pesto
		marilyn - 8-15-1998
	2	THANX MARILYN-Anybody ever try to can the pesto??NT
		ArtDC - 8-16-1998
	3	Pesto
		Shirl - 8-17-1998
	4	THANX FOR YOUR INPUT SHIRL,I'LL TRY YOUR 'DOLLOPS' AND MAYBE TRY A SMALL BATCH CANNED. THANX ARTDC NT
		Art dc - 8-17-1998
	5	Never even made Pesto...
		Terry-Ont. - 8-18-1998
	6	Pesto
		Shirl - 8-18-1998
	7	Recipe(tried): Shirl's Pesto recipe, Repost
		Elly - 8-18-1998
	8	Recipe(tried): Preserving pesto
		Marcia - 8-18-1998
	9	DO NOT CAN PESTO...FREEZE ONLY!
		Linda from Az. - 8-19-1998
	10	Request Preserving Pesto Sauce
		Lori T.-MA Zone 6 - 8-27-1998
	11	ISO: Preserving Pesto
		Gina, AR - 6-18-2001
	12	re: Canning Pesto Sauce
		Jim Clark, Forest Grove, Oregon - 2-14-2005
	13	Thank You: Wow Jim, Thank you for the very helpful warning! (nt)
		KellyWA - 2-14-2005
	14	So Much Basil, so little time
		Julia, Long Island - 8-18-2005
	15	So how do they bottle commercial pesto?
		Charles Barnard, Menomonie, Wisconsin - 8-30-2005
	16	re: Storing Pesto - More than just curious
		Janet Paris, France - 9-15-2006
	17	ISO: storing pesto - pressure canning pesto
		J Jarred - 10-17-2007
	18	pesto people unite!
		joe san francisco - 11-9-2007
	19	Recipe: How to Preserve Pesto (and why cannng pesto is not safe) (repost)
		Betsy at Recipelink.com - 11-10-2007
	20	ISO: do you put the cheese in the pesto when canning
		Nicola Mears - 12-29-2007
	21	Recipe(tried): Pesto Variation
		megan - groveland ma - 5-6-2009
	22	Recipe(tried): Use pesto as a sandwich condiment!
		Susan Augusta GA - 5-25-2009

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