Wild Garlic Pesto with Nettle

Prep: 10min
| Servings: 4 | Cook: 5min
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Wild garlic pesto with nettle is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the pesto category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

  • 40 g shelled almonds
  • 50 g wild garlic
  • 50 g young nettles
  • 120 ml olive oil
  • 2 tbsp freshly grated Parmesan
  • 2 tbsp crème fraîche
  • Salt
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • black pepper (freshly ground)

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Roast the almonds in a pan until golden brown. Remove and let cool.

  2. 2.

    Rinse the wild garlic and nettles, shake dry, pluck from stems and roughly chop. Blend with the almonds and a splash of oil, gradually adding the remaining olive oil until the pesto reaches a creamy consistency. Stir in Parmesan and crème fraîche, then season with salt, lemon juice, and pepper.