Autumn time is lamb's lettuce time. Now you can use it again to prepare lots of delicious dishes. Among other things, lamb's lettuce pesto. These 3 recipes are easy and delicious.
Many people only know lamb's lettuce prepared raw as a salad. The he althy vegetables can do much more. You can even prepare a soup from lamb's lettuce or a spicy pesto, almost as an extravagant alternative to the conventional basil pesto. Today we are presenting three delicious variants for a lamb's lettuce pesto, all of which are quick and easy to prepare.
➤ Corn Salad Pesto Recipe 1:
Ingredients:
- 75 g lamb's lettuce
- 20 g skinless almonds
- 20 g halves of walnut kernels
- 1 small clove of garlic
- 15 g parmesan cheese
- 75 ml olive oil
- S alt
- pepper
Preparation:
Clean the lamb's lettuce and wash it very thoroughly. Then briefly roast the almonds and walnuts in a pan without fat. Meanwhile, peel the garlic. Then puree the lamb's lettuce, garlic, nuts, almonds, parmesan and olive oil and season with s alt and pepper.
➤ Corn Salad Pesto Recipe 2:
Ingredients:
- 1 bowl of lamb's lettuce
- 75 g parmesan (freshly grated)
- 1 pinch sea s alt
- 65 g pine nuts
- 75 ml extra virgin olive oil
Preparation:
Toast the pine nuts briefly in a pan without adding any fat. Be sure to stop there, as the seeds burn very quickly and are then no longer edible! Wash the lamb's lettuce, spin dry, sort thoroughly and place in a tall blender jug. Roughly chop with the hand blender, then add the pine nuts, sea s alt and a little olive oil and puree everything.
Depending on the consistency, add a little more olive oil and puree again. Stir in the freshly grated Parmesan and season well. If you like, mix in some more sea s alt.
Pour the pesto mixture into a screw-top jar with a lid, smooth the surface and cover with olive oil. To extend the shelf life (I think the pesto should last at least 4 weeks in the fridge) after each removal ofSmooth the surface of the pesto again and cover again with oil. Very tasty with pasta, on pizza or as a filling in puff pastry.
➤ Corn Salad Pesto Recipe 3:
Ingredients:
- 150 g lamb's lettuce
- 80 g walnuts
- 150 g Gruyère
- 1 clove of garlic
- 80 ml walnut oil
- S alt
- pepper
Preparation:
Wash, dry and clean the lamb's lettuce well. Briefly toast the walnuts in a pan without oil and then roughly chop. Grate the cheese and peel the garlic, then puree everything together with the oil and season with s alt and pepper. This pesto goes very well with pasta and meat.