Recipe for homemade wild garlic pesto
This is my take on a wild garlic pesto with lots of cheese! Wild garlic is perfect for pesto, and it’s a great way to extend the wild garlic season a bit longer. It can be used for everything from pasta and sandwiches to tapas.
It’s not too many years ago that wild garlic was almost considered a weed, but fortunately, that has changed. As soon as they peek up from the forest floor, people start picking them 🙂
Homemade Wild Garlic Pesto
Ingredients
- 30 Wild Garlic
- 50 gram Pine Nuts you can also try with cashews, hazelnuts, or almonds
- 180 gram Olive Oil
- 0.5 Lemon the juice from here
- 70 gram Parmesan
- Salt and Pepper freshly ground, to taste
Instructions
- Start by toasting the nuts in a pan. No fat is needed.
- Remove them immediately from heat as soon as they begin to color.
- Transfer the toasted nuts into a blender.
- Rinse the wild garlic and add it to the blender along with olive oil, lemon juice, and parmesan cheese.
- Blend everything well together. You can decide how much to blend it – it’s a matter of taste. Some prefer it a bit coarse, while others prefer it very fine. I made mine a bit coarse.
- Season with freshly ground salt and pepper and optionally add a bit more oil if you think your pesto should be thinner.
- Now your wild garlic pesto is ready to serve! Store it in the fridge in a glass with a tight-fitting lid.
