Pesto Potato and Green Bean Salad

Name: Pesto Potato and Green Bean Salad
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 710 milliliters lightly packed fresh basil leaves; 1 clove garlic, peeled; 454 grams green beans, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces; 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice; 680 grams new red potatoes, washed and cut into 1-inch chunks; 59 milliliters olive oil; 59 milliliters freshly grated Parmesan; 59 milliliters pine nuts; 6 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Pesto Potato and Green Bean Salad takes about 35 minutes from beginning to end. This recipe makes 6 servings with 241 calories, 6g of protein, and 14g of fat each. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have lightly basil leaves, lemon juice, parmesan, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. Plenty of people really liked this side dish. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free diet. Pesto Potato and Green Bean Salad, Green Bean And Potato Salad With Pesto, and Green Bean, Tomato, and Potato Salad with Almond and Basil Pesto are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

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Place the potatoes in a large steamer basket fitted over a pot of boiling water. Cover and steam for 5 minutes.

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Water

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Pot

Add the green beans to the potatoes in the steamer and continue to cook, covered, for another 4 minutes.

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Potato

Drain and immediately plunge into an ice bath to cool.

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Ice

Transfer the vegetables to a large serving bowl.

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Vegetable

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Add the pesto and stir to coat evenly. Season with salt and pepper and serve.

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Salt And Pepper

Pesto

Make a big batch of this pesto in the summer when the basil is fresh and plentiful. You can freeze it in ice cube trays, bag up the cubes, and have it year-round to use as a pasta sauce or to enhance the flavor of one. It is also excellent as a sandwich spread.

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Toast the pine nuts in a small, dry skillet over medium heat until fragrant and golden brown, shaking the pan frequently, about 3 minutes.

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In a food processor, process the pine nuts and garlic together until minced.

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Add the basil, Parmesan, lemon juice, and salt and pepper and process until finely minced. With the machine running, slowly pour the oil in a steady stream through the feed tube and process until well blended.

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Lemon Juice