Salad leaf pesto recipe

Name: Salad leaf pesto
Yield: Makes 250ml
Ingredients: 40g mixed salad leaves; 1 small garlic clove; ½ lemon, juiced; 25g grated Parmesan or pecorino; 30g mixed chopped nuts (try hazelnuts, walnuts, Brazil or macadamia); 100ml olive oil

Sub basil in the traditional pesto for any mixed salad leaves you have in the back of the fridge. Pulse them with garlic, lemon, cheese and whatever nuts you have on-hand for a quick and easy pesto that's great on everything from eggs to pasta.

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Makes 250ml
10 mins to prepare
84 calories / serving

Freezable
Gluten-free

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Tesco Mixed Leaf Salad 120G
40g mixed salad leaves
£1.20
£10.00/kg
Tesco Large Garlic
1 small garlic clove
£0.50
£0.50/each
Tesco Lemons Each
½ lemon, juiced
£0.37
£0.37/each
Creamfields Grated Grana Padano 100G
25g grated Parmesan or pecorino
£1.65
£16.50/kg
Tesco Chopped Mixed Nuts 200G
30g mixed chopped nuts (try hazelnuts, walnuts, Brazil or macadamia)
£1.90
£9.50/kg
Tesco Olive Oil 250Ml
100ml olive oil
£3.10
£12.40/litre

Method

Put mixed salad leaves in a food processor with the garlic clove, the juice of ½ lemon, grated Parmesan pecorino and 30g mixed chopped nuts(try hazelnuts, walnuts, Brazil or macadamia). Pulse a few times to coarsely chop. With the motor on, slowly drizzle in 100ml olive oil until you get a smooth sauce. Scrape down the sides and blend again; season. Stir through pasta, swirl into soups, or spoon onto pizzas and tarts. Will keep, covered, for up to a week in the fridge.

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