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Don't discard the water as this can be drank as nettle tea and is very nutrient rich. Blend using a food processor until smooth. No reason not to make it with stinging nettles. The Italians actually do make a nettle pesto in springtime; they call it pesto d'urtica.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook nettle and mint pesto using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Nettle and mint pesto:
- Make ready Several large stems of nettles
- Make ready Generous handful fresh mint
- Make ready 4 tbsp olive or avocado oil
- Get 1 clove garlic or tsp garlic puree
- Prepare 3 tbsp roasted peanuts, walnuts, cashew nuts or pinenuts
- Make ready 1-2 tbsp sunflower seeds
- Take 1-2 tbsp parmesan or alternative hard cheese
This is a good way to use up herbs and greens. When you're ready to use the nettle, tear the leaves from the stem and remove the leaf stem. Gently wipe away or wash off grass or dirt from the leaves before using. Add to soup, sauté with butter and garlic, or boil the nettle to remove its sting and use in pesto.
Instructions 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.
Gently wipe away or wash off grass or dirt from the leaves before using. Add to soup, sauté with butter and garlic, or boil the nettle to remove its sting and use in pesto. Place all the ingredients of a powerful blender or food processor (you can also, use a stick blender, but you will have to roughly chop the nettle leaves before hand to help the process). Blend until smooth; stopping the blender or processor every now and then to give it a stir. Put a pot of water on and when its boiling dump the fresh nettles in for just one minute.
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