
How To Make Ramp and Parsley Pesto
Add some savory flavors to your dish with this parsley pesto. It’s blended with toasted walnuts, olive oil, and ramp for a piquant, garlicky flavor.
Serves:
Ingredients
- ⅔cupwalnuts
- ½cupextra virgin olive oil
- ½cupParmiggiano-Reggiano cheese,or pecorino, grated
- 1bunchsmall parsley
- 1bunchsmall ramps,or thin green garlic
- pinchsalt
Instructions
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In a dry frying pan over medium heat, toast the walnuts. Toss from time to time for about 5 to 7 minutes until fragrant.
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Bring a large kettle of salty water to a rolling boil. Fill a large bowl with ice water. Blanch the parsley in the boiling water for 1 minute, then submerge it in the ice water.
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Cut the leaves off the ramps, leaving the white parts for another use. Blanch the ramp leaves in the boiling water for 30 seconds. Douse in the ice water.
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Drain the parsley and ramp leaves, then put them in a kitchen towel. Wrap the towel around the greens, and twist one end of the towel one way, and the other end of the towel the opposite way.
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Wring out the parsley and ramps tightly. Drain as much water as possible.
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Chop the parsley and ramps well and put them into the bowl of a food processor. Chop the walnuts well and add into the food processor. Add the Parmigiano cheese and a healthy pinch of salt.
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Pulse the mixture together a few times, then, with the motor running, drizzle in the olive oil slowly. Stop the food processor immediately after the oil is incorporated. Taste for salt, and add if needed.
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Serve over meals, and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
- Serve within a 2 days.
- For storage, keep covered in the fridge with a thin layer of olive oil over it. Freeze leftover after 3 days.
Nutrition
- Calories: 1711.25kcal
- Fat: 176.77g
- Saturated Fat: 37.26g
- Trans Fat: 1.04g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 113.01g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 18.25g
- Carbohydrates: 13.75g
- Fiber: 5.16g
- Sugar: 3.48g
- Protein: 25.55g
- Cholesterol: 89.76mg
- Sodium: 950.09mg
- Calcium: 763.29mg
- Potassium: 728.35mg
- Iron: 6.45mg
- Vitamin A: 540.58µg
- Vitamin C: 101.09mg
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