Wild Garlic Pesto…

Wild garlic is one of the easiest foods to forage for because it’s found in pretty much every area of woodland from late Winter to early Summer and this fresh wild garlic pesto recipe is the perfect recipe to make with it!

If you go for a walk right about now and you go anywhere near a field or some woodland then the chances are that you’re going to come across some wild garlic growing and if you do, then I have the perfect recipe for you.  This wild garlic pesto is a great twist on traditional pesto and I’m pretty sure you’re going to love it.

In case you’re wondering, this is what wild garlic actually looks like…

As you can see, wild garlic is quite distinctive to look at so you should be OK to identify it but if you’re not 100% then the best way to check that you’ve actually found picked wild garlic then you can just crush the leaves in your hand and have a sniff. If it smells like garlic, then you’re good to go.

Wild garlic pesto is great as a salad dressing or as a dip for crusty bread and if you can’t find wild garlic then you can go with basil leaves instead for a more traditional pesto.

Wild Garlic Pesto...

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Wild garlic is one of the easiest foods to forage for because it's found in pretty much every area of woodland from late Winter to early Summer. This fresh wild garlic pesto recipe is the perfect recipe to make with it!

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Ingredients

• 300g wild garlic leaves (well washed)
• 180ml olive oil
• 1 clove of garlic
• 75g pine nuts
• 75g finely grated parmesan cheese
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Roast the pine nuts in a pan on a low to medium heat, keeping a close eye on them until they start to turn brown. You don't need to add any oil as you're just dry roasting them so I just give the pan a quick shake every now and again. Be patient here as it takes a while for all the nuts to turn brown. 
2. Once the nuts are roasted, Pop them in a food processor with the garlic, olive oil and parmesan and then the add wild garlic leaves in to blend them all together.
3. Season to taste.

Notes

I blend mine together in small batches as my food processor is one of those mini ones.

If you have a fresh lemon, then some lemon zest would be fab in this too!

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