Garlic Scape, Arugula, and Spinach pesto (with a few extra ingredients)
First I want to say this recipe was not my idea. I found it here. I just added some stuff to make it easier for me as well as using some fresh from my garden ingredients to it.
Garlic scapes, as the link will tell you, are the business end of the garlic plant. You could (and I might next time) substitute green onions if you were lacking access to scapes. I happen to live in the country and have bajillions of wild garlic scapes allllll over my “back yard” (i.e. one of the fields behind my house) so I used those, but you should, in theory, be able to find them at farmer’s markets this time of year.
Ingredients:
- about 1 cup garlic scapes broken into 3-4 inch long pieces (unless your food processor is really weak this works just fine)
- 2 cups (ish) fresh spinach and arugula or any other mixture of greens. I also added in rosemary, a little bit of basil, a little bit of cilantro, and a few spearmint leaves because….. well because I had them and I wanted to use them
- parmesan cheese All I had was the cheap dried stuff, but it will do in a pinch. either way, about a 1/4 cup or more if you want it
- salt and pepper to taste
- olive oil (I was just about out, so I substituted some olive oil smart balance and it added a nice buttery flavor)
- 1/3 cup (ish) walnuts
- Pasta for serving over
So simple to make. I threw everything in the food processor and let er rip til everything was well pulverized. Mix a couple of tablespoons into pasta (or more if you want) and you’re good to go.
This turned out extremely uber yummy and I will be making it again. I have (as you can see in the picture) waayyy too many extra scapes to let them go to waste so I might be looking for other recipes to use them in soon.
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