Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, nettle and mint pesto. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Nettle and mint pesto is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Nettle and mint pesto is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
Thanks to unfriendly cool weather, I was still able to forage some quite young stinging nettle. It was not enough to make anything with nettle alone, so I added handful of fresh mint leaves, a bit of a lemon, pumpkin seeds and, somehow, created the most refreshing, light and flavorful pesto sauce! Nettle and mint pesto Nutrient rich, tasty way to rid your garden of stinging nettles!
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook nettle and mint pesto using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Nettle and mint pesto:
- Get Several large stems of nettles
- Prepare Generous handful fresh mint
- Prepare 4 tbsp olive or avocado oil
- Make ready 1 clove garlic or tsp garlic puree
- Get 3 tbsp roasted peanuts, walnuts, cashew nuts or pinenuts
- Make ready 1-2 tbsp sunflower seeds
- Get 1-2 tbsp parmesan or alternative hard cheese
The Italians actually do make a nettle pesto in springtime; they call it pesto d'urtica. Stirred into vegan mayonnaise to make pesto mayonnaise; How to make pesto with other greens and herbs. 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.
Instructions 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.
So far we've really been digging stinging nettle omelettes, hummus, palak paneer, teas and other delightful nettle experiments. This pesto is ah-ma-zing, it's really a classic pesto just nettles instead of basil, which gives it a more demure taste but equally satisfying. Gourmet Coffee Restoran JUUR on sündinud inspireerituna loodust hoidvast mõtteviisist ja Põhjala köögi ideedest. Restoranis kohtuvad taldrikul eestimaine tooraine, põhjamaiselt karge maitse ning kokakunsti meisterlikkus. Usume, et Eestimaa metsades, põldudel ja veekogudes on veel väga palju ära unustatud või avastamata toiduaineid, mis ootavad taas meie toidulauale pääsemist.
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