Whether made from basil, nuts or paprika - pesto not only tastes good with pasta, but also with meat, salads and soups. Here are 2 delicious recipes for rocket pesto.
Pasta dishes are extremely popular. Not least because there is an almost endless variety of preparation options. Pasta tastes particularly good with a fresh pesto, which can be prepared quickly and easily at home. The classics include, for example, the basil pesto and the spicy wild garlic pesto. They simply taste wonderful and spice up not only noodles, but also dishes with meat or salads.
What is less well known, however, is that pesto can also be made from lamb's lettuce and that delicious pesto can also be made from rocket and even from chard, because the leaves are usually used for a salad. But believe us: rocket pesto is not only very tasty, but also extremely he althy, because the valuable ingredients are not lost during preparation. These two tasty recipes show how easy this preparation is.
By the way: With rocket from your own bed, these pestos are also great homemade gifts from the garden.
Arugula Pesto Recipe 1
Ingredients:
- 150 g arugula
- 100 ml olive oil
- 60 g walnuts
- 40 g macadamia nuts
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1/2 tsp s alt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
Preparation:
- Clean the arugula thoroughly and drain well in a colander.
- Heat a pan and briefly roast the whale and macadamia nuts in it without oil.
- Then, using a stand mixer, blend all the ingredients for about 60 seconds.
- Finally, season the rocket pesto with a little s alt and pepper.
Arugula Pesto Recipe 2
Ingredients:
- 3 garlic cloves
- 100 g blanched almonds
- 100 g arugula
- 50 g curly parsley
- 200 ml mild olive oil
- 50 g Parmesan
- Sea S alt
- Pepper from the mill
Preparation:
- Wash and drain the arugula and parsley.
- Meanwhile, peel the garlic cloves.
- The tonsils short withoutAdding oil to fry in a pan.
- Put all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
- Finally, you can season the pesto with pepper and sea s alt.
Here is a video with tips on how to preserve a pesto:
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