Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, nettle and mint pesto. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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Process until the mixture has formed a paste. With the machine running, pour in the olive oil. Transfer to a bowl and fold in the cheese.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have nettle and mint pesto using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Nettle and mint pesto:
- Prepare Several large stems of nettles
- Take Generous handful fresh mint
- Make ready 4 tbsp olive or avocado oil
- Take 1 clove garlic or tsp garlic puree
- Make ready 3 tbsp roasted peanuts, walnuts, cashew nuts or pinenuts
- Make ready 1-2 tbsp sunflower seeds
- Take 1-2 tbsp parmesan or alternative hard cheese
Substitute other greens and herbs for the nettles and/or spinach: basil, parsley, mint, arugula, cilantro, carrot tops, etc. This is a good way to use up herbs and greens. Mint pesto is a vibrant alternative to the traditional basil sauce. The fresh herb puree is fantastic alongside lamb, chicken, fish and pasta.
Steps to make Nettle and mint pesto:
- Collect several large stems of nettles. Recommend you collect from your garden to be sure they do not have weed killer sprayed on them and wear thick gardening gloves! Using scissors, carefully remove the leaves. Discard the stems.
- Inspect the leaves for pests or anything else unsavoury and remove or discard those leaves. Wash carefully using a salad spinner.
- Put into a large pan and pour over boiling water. Continue to boil and carefully stir for 2 minutes to remove any stings. The leaves will begin to wilt in a similar way to spinach. Then put straight into cold water to stop the cooking.
- Using a salad spinner or clean towel remove as much water as possible. The texture of the leaves will have changed to a slightly furry texture but the leaves will not sting you anymore. Don't discard the water as this can be drank as nettle tea and is very nutrient rich.
- Add 3 tbsp olive or avocado oil and a generous handful of fresh mint leaves. Then add nuts and seeds. Blend using a food processor until smooth.
- Stir in finely grated parmesan or alternative hard cheese.
- Serve over pasta.
This is the first time I prepare a pesto with nettle, and I just don't understand why I waited so long! It's really delicious, and the nettle goes really well wth the walnuts.. Zero waste recipe : carrot tops and mint pesto // Recette zéro déchet : pesto de fanes de carottes et menthe. Forget everything you know about pesto. So far we've really been digging stinging nettle omelettes, hummus, palak paneer, teas and other delightful nettle experiments.
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