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Wednesday 11 July 2012

Pesto messed with



Serves 2
YOU WILL NEED
35 grams of rocket (half small bag)
8 mint leaves
8 Basil leaves
1 garlic clove
1 Thumb size of parmesan
Juice of 1/4 lemon
6 walnut halves (dry fried for 2 mins)
2 table spoon of good olive oil
2 teaspoons of water
Good pinch of salt and pepper
Small pinch of sugar
Chilli spears (optional)


METHOD

After chopping the garlic, walnuts and cheese.
add all the ingredients to a food processor and whizz
until smooth.  Taste and add more seasoning/lemon
if required.  Store in a ramekin with a swirl of olive oil
in the fridge, should be ok for 3 or 4 days but best served
on the day.


The obvious sauce for pasta of course but is fantastic

on any type of steaming hot green veg. Works perched on
baked salmon too.  Splodged on soup, really zests things up.
Thinly slice raw red chilli to garnish if you dare!