Walk through Garlic Wood
Went for a walk the other day with Zara and we were delighted by the wonderful wild garlic flowers. I have been making wild garlic pesto for the last few weeks - something which I look forward to every year. It really is something else!
More photos here:
s234.photobucket.com/albums/ee34/chalis222/Garlic%20Wood%20Walk/
Here's my annual recipe for Wild Garlic Pesto:
Here's my recipe:
Fills a 300 g Jar (e.g. a sterilised salsa jar)
Ingredients
80 g wild garlic leaves
50 g parmesan (or similar hard) cheese
50 g pine nuts
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
100 ml olive oil + some more for topping up the jar
1. Wash the wild garlic leaves and dry them carefully (a salad spinner is a great help!)
2. Grate the cheese (I use my MagiMix food processor for this)
3. Grind the pine nuts in a food processor and add cheese, salt and pepper
4. Add about 1/2 of the wild garlic leaves and blend
5. Repeat with the remaining leaves
6. Add the olive oil and blend
7. Put in sterilised jar and top up with oil so that the pesto is covered and close lid.
More photos here:
s234.photobucket.com/albums/ee34/chalis222/Garlic%20Wood%20Walk/
Here's my annual recipe for Wild Garlic Pesto:
Here's my recipe:
Fills a 300 g Jar (e.g. a sterilised salsa jar)
Ingredients
80 g wild garlic leaves
50 g parmesan (or similar hard) cheese
50 g pine nuts
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
100 ml olive oil + some more for topping up the jar
1. Wash the wild garlic leaves and dry them carefully (a salad spinner is a great help!)
2. Grate the cheese (I use my MagiMix food processor for this)
3. Grind the pine nuts in a food processor and add cheese, salt and pepper
4. Add about 1/2 of the wild garlic leaves and blend
5. Repeat with the remaining leaves
6. Add the olive oil and blend
7. Put in sterilised jar and top up with oil so that the pesto is covered and close lid.