Nasturtium pesto for dips, sandwhiches and pasta
Nasturtium pesto
There are so many reasons to grow Nasturtiums. You can watch this video below for all the reasons why you ABSOLUTELY should be growing nasturtiums.
RECIPE
This recipe is much like Basil pesto but with a few tweaks
Ingredients:
you will need:
a couple of handfuls of nasturtium leaves and flowers
100gms of pine nuts
150gms of good quality parmesan (parmigiano reggiano)
100 - 150 ml of good quality extra virgin olive oil
Lemon (juice and zest)
For a vegan version, replace parmesan with breadcrumbs
METHOD
The classic method for making pesto is in a pestle and mortar but you can also make it in.a blender.
I use a ninja blender but of course any decent blender with a pulse mode will do.
When you are making pesto you don't want it to be a puree. It needs to be textured, so to avoid the blender pureeing it grate your cheese first quite finely.
Then add all the ingredients to the blender.
Mix the ingredients before you pulse. You don't want to end up in a claggy mess where only the
parmesan is pulsing or the pine nuts, make sure the ingredients are well mixed before you pulse.
Pulse for only 2-3 seconds each time before
checking. Stir the ingredients again then pulse
until you are happy with the texture. Then it's done.
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