HOMEMADE MINT AND WALNUT PESTO- Easy steps to making pesto REPOST (first attempt lost due to internet)
PESTO..mmm - bella cibo italiano, food of the Gods in my opinion. I love Italian food and with this in mind I thought I would make my own pesto. I am currently cultivating my own herb garden and I could use the some of the fresh herbs from here to make it. I don"t have a lot growing at the moment so I decided to make Mint and Walnut Pesto.
Pesto is a traditional mix of herbs, olive oil, crushed garlic, pine nuts coarse salt and Parmesan cheese all crushed down in a pestal and mortar - (food processors can be used as well)
Here is my Herb Garden - not many in there at the moment, but a work in progress
This is my fresh mint crop , growing well and used in lots of tea and other recipes.
INGREDIENTS
Handful of fresh herbs - I used mint and a few wild basil leaves ( what I had most in the herb garden)
1 or 2 cloves of garlic - more if you really like a garlicky taste
Walnuts - toasted
2-3oz of Parmesan Cheese
Virgin Olive oil for best result - ordinary is also good
Zest of Lemon and juice
1 tsp of honey - if required - comes down to your tastebuds
TO MAKE:
Put the oven on high and toast the walnuts- drizzle on oil and bake for approx 5 mins - keep an eye on them so they dont burn!!
Wash the herbs under the cold water tap and pat dry with kitchen towel
Crush the garlic into a paste with the pestle and mortar
Add the toasted nuts and cheese to the garlic and ground down to a creamy paste - leave a little 'crunch' for texture.
Throw the herbs into this mix, with the the lemon zest and juice and pound away
When all mixed together add in the olive oil and salt and gradually mix to a 'pesto' consistency.
Add the pesto to cooked pasta and enjoy - BUON APPETITO!
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Thankyou - i was hoping it would be so that anyone can see how easy it is to make pesto- thankyou for popping by and for the lovely comment :)
Oh GOd, i love Pesto!! Nice post!
thankyou so much - always a winner pesto, quick easy and goes down well :)
Hmmmmmm yummi pesto.thank you for this recipe @ ladypenelope1
pleasure - these steps are so easy to follow for any pesto
Nice post. Looks delicious!
got to say it was and it all went pretty quick - pesto and pasta is a fav in our house
thanks for popping by and for the nice comment :)
@ladypenelope1 that looks yummy!
anyway, I dropped by to fulfill my promise to you, too
thankyou @englishchrivy - will go check it out
appreciate your kindness
@ladypenelope1 always glad to connect with you ..
Steem on!
Great photos @ladypenelope, you make me want to taste this so I might just have to try it out!!!
Thats a great compliment coming from someone I admire as a great cook - thankyou
You're welcome, and thanks very much! :-)
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