Sorrel pesto

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 505 g, you will need:

• 1 200 g sorrel
• 2 100 g pine nuts
• 3 80 g olive oil
• 4 3 g vitamin C (optional)
• 5 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 6 100 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano)
• 7 salt
• 8 pepper
• Total weight: 510 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
25 min.	7 min.	30 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Prepare 200 g sorrel.
  Reserve.
• 2: Roast 100 g pine nuts in a frying pan over medium heat for 5-7 minutes, until golden.
  Let cool.
• 3: Pour 80 g olive oil into the bowl of a blender, followed by the pine nuts, and blend.
• 4: Add sorrel leaves, 3 g vitamin C, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 100 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano), salt and pepper.
  Blend again...
• 5: ...until smooth, adjusting the amount of olive oil if necessary.
• 6: Check the seasoning and your sorrel pesto is ready.

Remarks

Vitamin C isn't essential, but it's very useful if you want to keep a beautiful green color, as sorrel quickly oxidizes and turns brown.

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