Nettle and mint pesto
Nettle and mint pesto

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Nettle and mint pesto is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Nettle and mint pesto is something that I have loved my entire life.

Nettles — weeds that grow throughout the United States — are like something out of a scary children's story. Toss pesto with pasta, spread on seared fish or chicken, or use as a dip for raw vegetables. Drop the nettles into a large pot of boiling salted water.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have nettle and mint pesto using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Nettle and mint pesto:
  1. Make ready Several large stems of nettles
  2. Make ready Generous handful fresh mint
  3. Take 4 tbsp olive or avocado oil
  4. Take 1 clove garlic or tsp garlic puree
  5. Prepare 3 tbsp roasted peanuts, walnuts, cashew nuts or pinenuts
  6. Prepare 1-2 tbsp sunflower seeds
  7. Get 1-2 tbsp parmesan or alternative hard cheese

Spring Pasta with Nettle Pesto Sauce! Flavorful Easy, Nettle Pasta with flavoful nettle pesto, toasted pine nuts and lemon zest - simply delicious and full of minerals and nutrients! Seared Scallops with Stinging Nettle and Mint Pesto. Pesto can be made from really anything.

Steps to make Nettle and mint pesto:
  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.

I've seen pesto with basil of course, but also mint, parsley, cilantro and other herbs. No reason not to make it with The Italians actually do make a nettle pesto in springtime; they call it pesto d'urtica. You must first blanch the nettles before making this pesto. Flavorful Easy, Nettle Pasta with flavoful nettle pesto, toasted pine nuts and lemon zest - simply delicious and full of minerals and nutrients! When making nettle pesto, remember that blanching greatly reduces the amount of nettles.

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