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Rocket pesto

Name: Rocket pesto
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian recipes
Ingredients: 1 small garlic clove; Pinch of sea salt; 25g pine nuts, very lightly toasted; 50g wild rocket; 25g Parmesan, finely grated; Juice of ½ lemon; 125ml extra-virgin olive oil

Published: 30 Apr 10
Updated: 20 Nov 24

This homemade rocket pesto recipe, with added wild rocket, is more peppery and punchier than the traditional recipe.

Easy
May 2010

Test kitchen approved

Serves 4
Ready in 10 minutes

This homemade rocket pesto recipe, with added wild rocket, is more peppery and punchier than the traditional recipe.

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Ingredients

1 small garlic clove
Pinch of sea salt
25g pine nuts, very lightly toasted
50g wild rocket
25g Parmesan, finely grated
Juice of ½ lemon
125ml extra-virgin olive oil

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Method

Put the garlic and salt into the bowl of a small food processor and pulse.
Add the pine nuts and pulse until roughly chopped (be careful not to over-process). Add the rocket and pulse carefully until it is well mixed, but still very textured.
Turn into a bowl and stir through the Parmesan and lemon juice. Pour in the olive oil and mix well until you have a juicy paste, seasoning to taste as you go.

Recipe from May 2010 Issue

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Published: 30 Apr 10
Updated: 20 Nov 24

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Alison Hurford says:

19th Jun 2015 at 8:39 am

I love this recipe because it is incredibly simple to make but makes such a startling difference to the ingredients you use with it to make a meal. It is amazingly good in anything from a salmon en croute, to a topping for a pizza or pastry tart, or even swirled through some simple pasta. Ten out of ten for versatility.

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