This is literally spring on a plate. I am so in love with all the fresh, seasonal produces that I decided to put them all together in this recipe for an explosion of spring flavours.
Wild garlic is definitely a game changer as it has a much sweeter and subtle taste compared to normal one. Is definitely worth to go the extra mile and try to find it but if you can’t find it just use 1 clove of regular garlic and add more basil leaves.
Ingredients:
A bunch of wild garlic (leaves & flowers)
¾ cup of cashew (you can use pine nuts as well)
A generous handful of fresh basil leaves
1 cup of chopped watercress
2 tablespoons of olive oil
The juice of 1 lemon (use half if you don’t like too lemony)
1 tablespoon of Love Raw Simple Greens
2 tablespoons of nutritional yeast
Salt & pepper to taste
Pasta of your choice (I have used brown rice spaghetti)
To sprinkle on top: fresh chives
Place the cashew in the food processor and blitz until you have a coarse mixture. Add all the other ingredients and blitz again for at least 1 minute until you have a creamy consistency. If you find the pesto too thick add a splash of water or more olive oil.
Cook the pasta of your choice according to the cooking instructions. Mix about 2 tablespoon of pesto in each plate and sprinkle with the fresh chopped chives.
Store the leftover pesto in a jar in the fridge for few days.
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This sounds really really yummy! Unfortunately I don’t have a food processor at the moment. Any cool tips how I could grind the cashew nuts nonetheless?
What are the yellow flowers and are they edible or non-edible garnish?
Thanks!