Arugula Pesto

Name: Arugula Pesto
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 473 milliliters packed arugula leaves, stems removed; 118 milliliters shelled walnuts; 118 milliliters fresh Parmesan cheese; 118 milliliters extra virgin olive oil; 6 garlic cloves, unpeeled; 1 garlic clove peeled and minced; 1 teaspoons salt

Need a gluten free condiment? Arugula Pesto could be an outstanding recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains roughly 7g of protein, 40g of fat, and a total of 393 calories. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have arugula leaves, garlic clove, extra virgin olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 35 minutes.

Instructions

Brown the garlic: Brown 6 garlic cloves with their peels on in a skillet over medium high heat until the garlic is lightly browned in places, about 10 minutes.

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Garlic

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Frying Pan

Remove the garlic from the pan, cool, and remove the skins.

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Garlic

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Frying Pan

Toast the nuts: Toast the nuts in a pan over medium heat until lightly brown, or heat in a microwave on high heat for a minute or two until you get that roasted flavor. In our microwave it takes 2 minutes.

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Toast

Nuts

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Microwave

Frying Pan

Process in food processor: (the fast way)

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Food Processor

Combine the arugula, salt, walnuts, roasted and raw garlic into a food processor. Pulse while drizzling the olive oil into the processor.

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Olive Oil

Arugula

Walnuts

Garlic

Salt

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Food Processor

Remove the mixture from the processor and put it into a bowl. Stir in the Parmesan cheese.

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Parmesan

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Bowl

Combine the nuts, salt and garlic in a mortar. With the pestle, grind until smooth.

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Garlic

Nuts

Salt

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Mortar And Pestle

Add the cheese and olive oil, grind again until smooth. Finely chop the arugula and add it to the mortar. Grind up with the other ingredients until smooth.

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Olive Oil

Arugula

Cheese

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Mortar And Pestle

Adjust to taste: Because the pesto is so dependent on the individual ingredients, and the strength of the ingredients depends on the season or variety, test it and add more of the ingredients to taste.

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Pesto