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
22 min.	7 min.	29 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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