
Rocket pesto
For a change from the traditional basil variety, this quick and easy peppery pesto is delicious dolloped on pasta or drizzled over summer salads
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Creamy edamame pesto pasta with rocket salad
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Red pesto minestrone soup
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New!Burrata, prosciutto & pesto focaccia sandwich. This is a premium piece of content available to registered users.
App onlyCrispy gnocchi with cavolo nero pesto, asparagus & peas. This is a premium piece of content available to registered users.
Creamy edamame pesto pasta with rocket salad
App onlyOne-pan pesto, chicken & spinach lasagne. This is a premium piece of content available to registered users.
Red pesto minestrone soup
App onlyFridge-raid one-pan pesto pasta. This is a premium piece of content available to registered users.
New!Burrata, prosciutto & pesto focaccia sandwich. This is a premium piece of content available to registered users.
App onlyCrispy gnocchi with cavolo nero pesto, asparagus & peas. This is a premium piece of content available to registered users.
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Summer vegetable & pesto rose tart
Spelt flour gives the pastry a nutty flavour which works so well with the pesto. Serve this stunning tart warm or cold and prepare for jaws to drop
Cherry tomato, kale, ricotta & pesto pasta
Fresh basil sauce and cherry tomatoes give this healthy dish a beautiful colour - it's also full of fibre and vitamin C
Grilled pesto tomatoes on toast
It’s colourful, full of flavour and low in fat – it could be the perfect quick snack
- 50g pine nuts
- 100g rocket
- 50g parmesan(or vegetarian alternative)
- 150ml olive oil
- 1 garlic clove
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal84
- fat9g
- saturates2g
- carbs0g
- sugars0g
- fibre0g
- protein1g
- salt0g
Method
step 1
Combine the pine nuts, rocket, Parmesan, olive oil and garlic clove in a blender. Season and blend to a paste. Will keep in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2016
Comments, questions and tips (4)
Overall rating
animalmd3ZOaK9fM9
I made it as a trial.The rocket was well mature from the poly tunnel. I actually put 110gms in for good measure. All the rest I kept the same except a couple of cloves extra garlic. Added salt and pepper and toasted the pine nuts. It's fabulous. No bitterness, which I actually expected from mature…
Mendham
I made this last night with fresh picked rocket. We enjoyed it, but it was very bitter. I think next time, I will try varying the quantities, using less rocket and more pine nuts and parmesan.
dmcm_
I also used nutritional yeast instead of cheese (about 15g/to taste - big up the vegans!) My pine nuts were lightly toasted (picked up the wrong bag in the shop) and I found it to be a bit bland at first, the main flavour being bitterness?! Added plenty of salt & pepper and popped in an extra…
rachel_r-2
Lovely way to use up some rocket that was about to go off. I didn't have any pine nuts so used cashews and I replaced the parmesan with yeast flakes, but it still looked like the photo and went very well with gnocchi.