Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, carrot top pesto. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Carrot top pesto is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Carrot top pesto is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
Carrot tops are high in vitamin C, vitamin K, and potassium. Use them as you would parsley, or in place of parsley in recipes. Strip the leaves from the tough stems, add them to stock or soup, put them in salads, or make chimichurri. Or make this carrot top pesto.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook carrot top pesto using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Carrot top pesto:
- Take 1 bunch carrot tops
- Take 50 g pine nuts
- Prepare 2 cloves garlic
- Take 1 handful mint leaves
- Make ready Juice and zest of 1 lemon
- Prepare 100 ml olive oil
- Prepare 1 handful Parmesan cheese
- Get Pinch salt
To make the pesto, start by cutting off the carrot tops and washing the leaves. Pat dry using a kitchen towel, and place in a food processor. You could also add basil leaves if you like (recommended!). Carrot Top Pesto is a simple, healthy, and tasty way to add flavour to meals.
Steps to make Carrot top pesto:
- Remove the tops from the carrots and put them in a blender
- Toast the pine nuts over a dry pan until golden. Then add to the blender.
- Add the mint leaves, garlic, lemon zest and juice and a pinch of salt. Blitz until everything is breaking down.
- While the blender is still on, gradually add the olive oil to the mixture (through the well in the top) until the mixture is smooth.
- The add the Parmesan and give everything one last blitz until the cheese is combined. Taste and enjoy!
You could also add basil leaves if you like (recommended!). Carrot Top Pesto is a simple, healthy, and tasty way to add flavour to meals. It is quick to make and is a great way to reduce food waste in the kitchen. I love using leftover smoked chicken in Chicken Salad with Grapes and saving my beet greens and sourdough discard to make Sourdough Stuffed Beet Leaf Rolls. It's such a satisfying feeling making something great out of food that is destined.
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