Basil pesto knows and can yet everyone. We make a delicious chard pesto from the classic Pesto Genovese.
Did you know that you are from Chard pesto can make? It's very easy and tastes heavenly delicious.
Pesto goes best with pasta dishes. But also on a good piece of wholemeal bread, on rice or with chicken recipes, the green sauce harmonizes very well.
And why chard for the pesto? Because it simply tastes mega delicious. What's more, chard is very healthy.
Once you have all the ingredients together, you're ready to go. In less than 10 minutes you have your homemade pesto in front of you! :)
Delicious! Chard lasagna with salmon!
Classic chard pesto
Ingredients
- 300 g Chard
- 3 Branches Rosemary
- 80 g Parmesan grated
- 1 Garlic clove
- 3 EL Pumpkin seeds roasted
- 80 ml Olive oil
- 1 Lemon
- Salt and pepper
Anleitung
- Separate the chard leaves from the stem.
- Pluck the leaves small and put them very briefly in boiling water.
- Pour off the hot water and let the leaves drain in the colander.
- Pluck the rosemary needles from the branch and chop them.
- Chop the clove of garlic.
- Puree all ingredients with a blender to a creamy pesto. Season the pesto with lemon juice. Done!
Put it on pasta, bread or rice. By the way, you can fill the pesto into a jar and put it in the fridge. The important thing is that you rinse the jar well beforehand and, as with the Jam boiling disinfects.
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What you should know about the pesto
1. durability
Our pesto with chard has been in the fridge for 14 days and still tastes as delicious as the first day. The olive oil ensures that the pesto is preserved. How long it is durable, however, I can not say.
Delicious! Chard lasagna with salmon!
2. do not process chard raw
Of course, it would be convenient if you could save the blanching step. However, you shouldn't do that. Because chard contains a lot of oxalic acid, which is said to be unhealthy in larger quantities.
3. chard pesto never gets boring
You can easily expand the basic recipe for pesto with many other delicious ingredients. Here are three great ideas.
How you can refine chard pesto recipes
Chard pesto is very versatile. You can bring even more variety into the glass with just a few ingredients. Just now we presented you the basic recipe. But now it becomes really delicious!
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Chilies in chard pesto
If you like it spicy, take instead of normal salt a little chili salt. Or in addition to the normal salt chili flakes or the Replace olive oil with chili oil. Attention: Do not catch too much, it can be hellishly sharp.
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Herbs in pesto
Parsley, chives, basil what do you feel like right now? Herbs simply always go. That's why you can use them to your heart's content. Chard pesto mix. If you decide to use chives, be careful not to use too much. Because in combination with garlic it can be quite spicy.
Chard pesto with nuts
Nuts are healthy and bring a lot of flavor to all kinds of dishes. For example, also in the pesto. If you like it nutty, you can replace the pumpkin seeds. And namely by hazelnuts, pine nuts, pistachios or Cashews*. Walnuts also harmonize very well with chard.
If you opt for the nutty variety, you're better off leaving out the lemon juice.
Our conclusion
Pasta fans will love this chard pesto. It finally brings variety to the pasta plates. Also on bread, the chard spread tastes really delicious. Arranged in a beautiful glass, the pesto is by the way also a nice gift!
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