Walnut Parsley Pesto Recipes

WALNUT AND PARSLEY PESTO

Steps:

• Place garlic and salt in a mortar; smash and mash with the pestle until it becomes a paste, 5 to 8 minutes. Add walnuts; mash walnuts into a paste until you reach your desired texture (coarse or smoother), another 5 to 8 minutes. Add parsley and mash to break up and blend with the walnut/garlic mixture, about 4 minutes. Add lemon juice and olive oil; stir, mash, and emulsify liquids into the mixture until it becomes very thick and well blended, 8 to 10 minutes. Taste and adjust seasonings. If mixture seems too thick, whisk in a tablespoon of water, or as needed.
• Spread on bread, use on pizza or pasta, or on roasted chicken. The taste is just like garlic butter, so use it as such.

BUCATINI WITH WALNUT-PARSLEY PESTO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Toast walnuts on a rimmed baking sheet, tossing occasionally, until fragrant and slightly darkened, 8-10 minutes. Let cool.
• Pulse 3/4 cup walnuts in a food processor or blender until very finely chopped (but not pasty). Reserve remaining walnuts for serving. Remove stems from chiles; add to food processor. Pulse until finely chopped. Transfer walnut mixture to a medium bowl and stir in garlic, Parmesan, oil, and 1 cup parsley. Season pesto with salt and pepper.
• Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until al dente. Drain, reserving 1 cup pasta cooking liquid. Return pasta to pot and add pesto along with 1/2 cup pasta cooking liquid. Toss, adding splashes of cooking liquid as needed, until pesto coats pasta and sauce is glossy.
• Crush reserved walnuts with the flat side of a knife. Divide pasta among bowls and top with walnuts and more parsley.
• Do Ahead
• Pesto can be made 2 days ahead. Cover and chill.

PARSLEY PESTO

Steps:

• In a food processor place the garlic, parsley, pinch salt, walnuts, and cheese. Process until they form a paste. Gradually blend in olive oil, taste adjust your seasoning if necessary. Great with pasta, poultry, vegetables and rice.

WALNUT PARSLEY PESTO

Steps:

• Process parsley, walnuts, Parmesan, garlic, and lemon juice in a food processor. With machine running, gradually add olive oil. Process until smooth. Season with salt and black pepper.

WALNUT-PARSLEY PESTO

Steps:

• Put the parsley, walnuts, cheese, scallions, and 1 tsp. salt in a food processor. Turn on the machine and slowly pour the olive oil in through the feed tube. Process until the mixture comes together into a thick paste. With the machine running, add the lemon juice and 3 to 4 Tbs. water to thin the mixture to a thick, paste-like consistency. Adjust the seasoning with salt, pepper, and more lemon juice to taste.

MINT PARSLEY WALNUT PESTO WITH SPAGHETTI RECIPE

Steps:

• Cook spaghetti according to the recipe. Before draining, reserve 1 cup of spaghetti water for the pesto.
• While the pasta is cooking. Add the parsley and mint to a strainer, blanch for 3 minutes in boiling water while the spaghetti is cooking underneath. Then remove the strainer and run under cold water for a few minutes. Then press the blanched herbs and dry them off. Add them to the food processor.
• In the food processor, add walnuts, 2 garlic, 3 tablespoon of olive oil. add salt, pepper, romano cheese, and add 1 cup of spaghetti water to make the pesto starchy.
• After draining the pasta. Add 3-4 tablespoons of the pesto to the saucepan where the spaghetti was. Then add the spaghetti (cooked) on top. With a little heat, stir spaghetti slowly. Since it is Gluten Free pasta, it may break into pieces of you stir too quickly. Add more pesto if needed to the spaghetti if it is not coated enough.