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Nettles — weeds that grow throughout the United States — are like something out of a scary children's story. Toss pesto with pasta, spread on seared fish or chicken, or use as a dip for raw vegetables. Drop the nettles into a large pot of boiling salted water.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have nettle and mint pesto using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Nettle and mint pesto:
- Prepare Several large stems of nettles
- Take Generous handful fresh mint
- Make ready 4 tbsp olive or avocado oil
- Make ready 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
I spent my childhood in Iowa trying to avoid the nettle's sting. This bright green plant was plentiful on the land adjacent to the farm ponds. Flavorful Easy, Nettle Pasta with flavoful nettle pesto, toasted pine nuts and lemon zest - simply delicious and full of minerals and nutrients! When making nettle pesto, remember that blanching greatly reduces the amount of nettles.
Steps 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.
Though their flavor is often compared to spinach, nettles have a thickness and texture that makes them a better candidate for use in the kind of coarse pesto Tuxedo Variation. For quick nut-swap, try toasted walnuts instead of toasted pecans. Nettle leaf is thought to be anti-inflammatory, helpful with seasonal allergies and calming to the nervous system. Nettle root is regarded in herbalist circles as This raw Nettles Pesto does taste very healthy, however, I couldn't stop eating it and neither could my tasters. This naturally gluten free pesto has a.
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