Arugula Pesto

Name: Arugula Pesto
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 473 milliliters packed arugula leaves, stems removed; 118 milliliters extra virgin olive oil; 1 garlic clove peeled and minced; 6 garlic cloves, unpeeled; 118 milliliters fresh Parmesan cheese; 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters shelled walnuts

Need a gluten free and primal condiment? Arugula Pesto could be an awesome recipe to try. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 7g of protein, 40g of fat, and a total of 393 calories. Head to the store and pick up salt, garlic cloves, parmesan cheese, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 25 minutes.

Instructions

1 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.2 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.3a Process in food processor:(the fast way)

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Garlic

Toast

Nuts

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Food Processor

Microwave

Frying Pan

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

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.4 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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Olive Oil

Arugula

Cheese