You can make pesto with just about any green herb. I found an enormous bunch of parsley at the fruit & veggie stand one day - cheap! This recipe is the result. Yummy with pasta or as a sauce on chicken. Heck, I just spread it on bread!
Ingredients
2 cups flat leaf parsley (pack it down in the cup) and no need to pre-chop
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 cup toasted walnuts (Just stick them in the oven for about 4 or 5 minutes.)
1/2 orange - zest and juice
about 6 tbsp of olive oil - more if necessary
salt and pepper to taste
Steps
2 cups flat leaf parsley (pack it down in the cup) and no need to pre-chop
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 cup toasted walnuts (Just stick them in the oven for about 4 or 5 minutes.)
1/2 orange - zest and juice
about 6 tbsp of olive oil - more if necessary
salt and pepper to taste
Steps
**If you don't have a food processor, don't despair. We moved and I still haven't found the box with mine. I used a blender - a little more work, as you have to keep pushing the mixture down into the blender, but it worked out just fine. Some people prefer the smoothness that a blender gives the pesto, as opposed to the more gritty texture of using a food processor.
- Add parsley, garlic, walnuts, orange zest and juice to your blender or food processor.
- Pulse or blend until mixed a bit. Drizzle olive oil into the blender or processor while mixing. Stop every now and then to mix around with your spatula.
- Process until you like the texture. Add salt and pepper to taste.