Here is another super quick pesto recipe, for those times when you have a ton of arugula hanging around and you’re really not in a mood for another salad. This pesto is super tangy and refreshing, just perfect for hot summer days.
INGREDIENTS:
(Yields 1 cup of pesto / 1.54 EUR)
1 big bunch of arugula (0.66 EUR)
3 cloves of garlic (0.10 EUR)
Juice of 1 lemon (0.40 EUR)
2 tbsp olive oil (0.09 EUR)
½ tsp salt (0.01 EUR)
½ tsp freshly ground black pepper (0.01 EUR)
4 tbsp sunflower seeds (0.27 EUR)
METHOD:
Roughly chop arugula and garlic. Add to a food processor with lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper and pulse until creamy. Add in sunflower seeds and briefly pulse to desired consistency. I prefer pesto with a few chunkier bits inside so I ran the food processor with sunflower seeds for only 3-4 seconds. Taste and adjust seasoning.
Serve as a pasta or rice sauce, with roasted vegetables or as a salad dressing.
To store pesto for later, place in a container, smooth surface with back of a spoon and cover with thin layer of olive oil, to prevent the air getting in. You can then refrigerate pesto for up to a week, or freeze for a few months.
Evo jedan brzinski recept za pesto, za sve one trenutke kada imate doma tonu rukole, a niste raspoloženi za još jednu salatu. Ovaj pesto je aromatičan i osvježavajuć, jednostavno savršen za vruće ljetne dane.
SASTOJCI:
(Za 1 šalicu pesta / 11,47 kn)
1 veliki pregršt rukole (5,00 kn)
3 češnja češnjaka (0,75 kn)
Sok od 1 limuna (3,00 kn)
2 žlice maslinovog ulja (0,66 kn)
½ žličice soli (0,01 kn)
½ žličice svježe mljevenog crnog papra (0,05 kn)
4 žlice sjemenki suncokreta (2,00 kn)
PRIPREMA:
Grubo narežite rukolu i češnjak. Ubacite u multipraktik sa limunovim sokom, maslinovim uljem, soli i paprom, pa pulsirajte dok ne bude kremasto. Dodajte sjemenke suncokreta i još kratko pulsirajte do željene konzistencije. Meni je draže da u pestu ima i malo hrskavih dijelova, pa sam pulsirala sa suncokretovim sjemenkama možda 3-4 sekunde. Kušaje i prilagodite začine.
Poslužite pesto kao umak za tjesteninu ili rižu, sa pečenim povrćem ili kao dressing za salatu.
Da biste pesto spremili za kasnije, stavite ga u posudicu, poravnajte površinu stražnjom stranom žlice i prekrijte tankim slojem maslinovog ulja, kako biste spriječili da unutra uđe zrak. Tako pripremljen pesto možete čuvati u hladnjaku do tjedan dana ili zamrznuti na par mjeseci.
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will try it tomorrow 😀
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Great! Let me know how it turned out. 🙂
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I will 😉
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Looks delicious!
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