Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, nettle and mint pesto. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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.
Nettle and mint pesto is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Nettle and mint pesto is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. 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:
- Make ready Several large stems of nettles
- Make ready Generous handful fresh mint
- Get 4 tbsp olive or avocado oil
- Prepare 1 clove garlic or tsp garlic puree
- Take 3 tbsp roasted peanuts, walnuts, cashew nuts or pinenuts
- Prepare 1-2 tbsp sunflower seeds
- Take 1-2 tbsp parmesan or alternative hard cheese
Seared Scallops with Stinging Nettle and Mint 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. Pesto can be made from really anything.
Steps 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.
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. Nettle leaf is thought to be anti-inflammatory, helpful with seasonal allergies and calming to the nervous system. Nettle root is regarded in herbalist circles as This raw Nettles Pesto does taste very healthy, however, I couldn't stop eating it and neither could my tasters.
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