Kale Pistachios Pesto

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Kale Pistachios Pesto:

This Kale Pistachios Pesto, specially made with Cavolo Nero Kale or Tuscan Kale is one of my favourite pestos. I like to make my own pestos at home, I seldom buy bottled pesto or sauces for my cooking.

This verdant, fresh and packed with flavours kale pistachios pesto is so healthy and heavenly delicious. I use it for many things including pasta, on toasts and sometimes even on my roasted sweet potatoes.

The idea of this pesto came from a sandwich I ate in London a few years ago, the pesto had a slight crunch to it and I like that rather than a creamy pesto. I wanted to make this healthier and different so I made it with fresh kale, pistachios and pine nuts both. And because I like my food a bit on a spicer side I added a bit of a chilli paste to give some heat. It’s absolutely delicious and so easy to make. If you make this once, I promise you will never buy a store bought pesto again.

So this is how you make this pesto.

Ingredients:

120g cavolo nero kale roughly chopped
30g finely chopped pistachios
30g pine nuts
10g garlic
230ml olive oil
5g red chilli paste
40g grated parmesan cheese
Black pepper to taste
Salt to taste

Instructions:

Add all the ingredients except half of the pine nuts and olive oil in a blender or food processor. Start blitzing and add olive oil. Blend it well, add in the rest of the pistachios, mix well.

Store it in a glass jar and keep it in the fridge up to 2 weeks.

Gayatri Singh