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Stinging Nettle Pesto

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Difficulty: medium

Categories: Drink

Tags: easy, native american, recipes for pesto, recipes using hazelnut, recipes using lemon juice, recipes using nettle, recipes using parmesan, recipes without cooking time, recipes without servings

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3AStinging_Nettle_Pesto)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3AStinging%20Nettle%20Pesto&oldid=4634848

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

  • 5 cups freshly-foraged nettles
  • ⅓ cup hazelnuts, pine nuts, and/or walnuts
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil
  • ¼ cup Parmesan cheese
  • 2 tsp lemon juice
  • 2 tsp black pepper

Directions

  1. Dry sauté or roast nuts until slightly browned.
  2. With thick gloves, place nettles in boiling water for 1 minute. Transfer nettles to an ice water bath to stop the cooking process. Drain.
  3. Blend all ingredients until smooth. Alternatively, smash with mortar and pestle for a coarser consistency.

Equipment

Blender, food processor, or mortar and pestle, Oven or stove

Notes

Pesto can be used in wide variety of dishes from simple but zesty pasta to rubs for meat and fish. Hazelnuts, walnuts, and pine nuts can be used separate or mixed depending on what is available.