It's nice to
finally make some lighter spring dishes with all the new seasonal
produce. I've already had some local asparagus, and it was so nice. I can't wait to spot more nice local produce in the shops and markets.
Kale has been used
quite a lot in our kitchen lately. It's such a versatile green, and
easy to cook with. I made this simple vegan nutty hazelnut and kale
pesto, and enjoyed it very much. I tried it with pasta and with some
rye crackers, and it was very flavoursome and fragrant in both
dishes. Here's my recipe, if you want to try it too.
Hazelnut and kale pesto
Ingredients
2 cups kale
1 garlic clove
100 g hazelnuts
100 ml olive oil
Sprinkle of salt
Method
Purée all pesto
ingredients together, but remember that you can vary the ingredient
amounts to get a nice and creamy pesto.
I left some of the
hazelnuts a bit larger chunks in the pesto, as I like the extra crunch.
Serve the pesto with pasta,
breads, crackers, anything you like, and enjoy!
This
pesto is my Eat Your Greens contribution
for this month. I'm hosting the challenge this month myself, and the
event is co-hosted by Shaheen from Allotment 2 Kitchen
blog. Remember that there's still plenty of time to take part with
your green recipes!
Your VegHog
Yes EatYourGreens, I need to get my skates on an make something green this month. This pesto is one of my favourite recipes, I made it a while back (see below) so its nice to see your take on it http://allotment2kitchen.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/hazelnut-and-kale-pesto.html
ReplyDeleteYours looks lovely too and you were way ahead of your time with that, I just only now made this for the first time. But any pestos from seasonal greens are lovely, one of my other favourites is the radish leaf one, as then you don't have to chuck the leaves away.
DeleteThis month also got me a bit by surprise in regards to cooking challenges, it was so quickly mid month!
I've done this with kale as well and spinach too. Pretty much with anything I have on hand. Yum.
ReplyDeleteYeah same for me, so many greens are good in a pesto.
DeleteJust this week I started using garlic mustard. It's an invasive plant that it's the woods behind our trailer. It's so weird. It's a green leaf but tastes of garlic. Have you tried it?
DeleteI haven't tried it, but it sounds great. I'll need to keep an eye out for it!
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