Walnut, Parsley and Olive Pesto
Ingredients
Half a cup Walnuts
2 fat garlic cloves, peeled and roughly chopped
2 cups flat-leaf parsley leaves
Half x 200g can Waitrose garlic stuffed green olives
About 150ml good olive oil
Juice of ½ lemon
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
100g hard, tasty cheese – parmesan or pecorino, grated
AND THIS IS WHAT YOU DO.....
- To make the pesto, place the walnuts, cheese, garlic and parsley leaves into a food processor and pulse to blend.
- With the food processor on, drizzle in the oil and juice of lemon.
- Now add the olives and pulse again.
- Season lightly with salt and pepper and blend for a minute to emulsify. Taste once more and set aside until ready.