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🍽️ Herb Pesto

386 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 50 g sunflower seeds
• 50 g pine nuts
• 150 g wild garlic
• 50 g nettle tips
• 3 tbsp crème fraîche
• 100 ml olive oil
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• salt
• pepper

Instructions

1. 1. Heat a pan without oil or butter.
2. 2. Add the sunflower seeds and pine nuts to the hot pan.
3. 3. Roast the seeds until they smell fragrant.
4. 4. Remove the roasted seeds from the pan and set them aside.
5. 5. Thoroughly wash the wild garlic and nettles.
6. 6. Shake the greens dry.
7. 7. Roughly chop the wild garlic and nettles.
8. 8. Put the chopped greens into the blender.
9. 9. Add the roasted seeds and crème fraîche to the blender.
10. 10. Puree the ingredients in the blender.
11. 11. Slowly pour in the oil while the blender is running.
12. 12. Continue blending until a creamy paste forms.
13. 13. Stir in the lemon juice.
14. 14. Season the pesto with salt and pepper to taste.
15. 15. Serve the pesto with fresh pasta.
16. 16. Use the pesto as a spread for bread.
17. 17. Use the pesto as a dip.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 386
• Protein: 8 g · Fett/Fat: 36 g · Carbs: 8 g