Salsa verde recipe
Created by The Tesco Recipes team
This simple salsa verde recipe delivers masses of flavour. Combining wonderfully fragrant herbs with sharp, salty anchovies and capers, sweet shallots and garlic gives a vibrant, fresh salsa that pairs perfectly with grilled fish and meat.
See method- Serves 4
- 15 mins to prepare
- 110 calories / serving
- Dairy-free
Ingredients
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- 1 small shallot, finely chopped
- 3 anchovy fillets, drained and very finely chopped
- 2tsp capers, rinsed and drained, finely chopped
- 2tbsp finely chopped parsley
- 2tbsp finely chopped basil
- 1tbsp snipped chives
- 1 rounded tsp Dijon mustard
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1/4tsp finely grated lemon zest and optional lemon juice to taste
Each serving contains
- Energy
- 455kJ 110.0kcal
- Fat
- 12g
- Saturates
- 2g
- Salt
- 0.5g
- Sugars
- 0g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 0.7gProtein 1.0gFibre 0.5g
Method
- Mix the finely chopped garlic, shallot, anchovies, capers, parsley, basil and chives in a bowl, then stir in the mustard, olive oil and lemon zest and a grating of pepper (you shouldn’t need salt).Just before serving, sharpen up the taste if you like with a squeeze of lemon juice. (If added too early the lemon juice may discolour the herbs.)See more Italian recipes
- Mix the finely chopped garlic, shallot, anchovies, capers, parsley, basil and chives in a bowl, then stir in the mustard, olive oil and lemon zest and a grating of pepper (you shouldn’t need salt).
- Just before serving, sharpen up the taste if you like with a squeeze of lemon juice. (If added too early the lemon juice may discolour the herbs.)
