Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, nettle and mint pesto. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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.
Nettle and mint pesto is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Nettle and mint pesto is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook 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:
- Take Several large stems of nettles
- Take Generous handful fresh mint
- Make ready 4 tbsp olive or avocado oil
- Make ready 1 clove garlic or tsp garlic puree
- Prepare 3 tbsp roasted peanuts, walnuts, cashew nuts or pinenuts
- Get 1-2 tbsp sunflower seeds
- Take 1-2 tbsp parmesan or alternative hard cheese
Taste and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper. Nettle and mint pesto Nutrient rich, tasty way to rid your garden of stinging nettles! 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.
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.
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