Nettle and mint pesto

Steps Making Recipes Nettle and mint pesto using 7 ingredients and 7 steps

Nettle and mint pesto - 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. Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper. Thanks to unfriendly cool weather, I was still able to forage some quite young stinging nettle.

Nettle and mint pesto Nutrient rich, tasty way to rid your garden of stinging nettles!

Substitute other greens and herbs for the nettles and/or spinach: basil, parsley, mint, arugula, cilantro, carrot tops, etc.

You can have Nettle and mint pesto using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients cook Nettle and mint pesto

1. You need Several large stems of nettles.
2. Prepare Generous handful fresh mint.
3. You need 4 tbsp olive or avocado oil.
4. Prepare 1 clove garlic or tsp garlic puree.
5. Prepare 3 tbsp roasted peanuts, walnuts, cashew nuts or pinenuts.
6. It's 1-2 tbsp sunflower seeds.
7. You need 1-2 tbsp parmesan or alternative hard cheese.

Nettle and mint pesto step by step

1. 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..
2. Inspect the leaves for pests or anything else unsavoury and remove or discard those leaves. Wash carefully using a salad spinner..
3. 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..
4. 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..
5. 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..
6. Stir in finely grated parmesan or alternative hard cheese..
7. Serve over pasta..

Nettle and mint pesto - There's spinach pesto, arugula pesto, broccoli pesto, and yes, even nettle pesto. Put it in your pasta, lather it on your baked chicken, sandwich it in your grilled cheese, dip your bread in it, or eat it by the spoonful with no shame. Basil pesto is the standard of course, but I've also seen it done with also mint, parsley, cilantro and other herbs. No reason not to make it with stinging nettles. The Italians actually do make a nettle pesto in springtime; they call it pesto d'urtica. Mint pesto is a vibrant alternative to the traditional basil sauce. The fresh herb puree is fantastic alongside lamb, chicken, fish and pasta. Thank you and good luck