Rocket Pesto

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I just made some pesto out of the rocket growing like crazy in my garden! Very quick and easy to make and it tastes great! I thought I'd share the recipie for anyone else wondering what to do with a garden full of over-enthusiastic rocket plants. Apologies for the lack of measurements - I made it up as I went along and didn't measure anything.

Enjoy!



Ingredients:

• Mixing bowl full of baby rocket


• 6-8 cloves of garlic


• handful of lemon thyme


• ¼ cup roasted pine nuts (ground)


• olive oil


• black pepper


• herb salt


• salt


• dried flat leaf parsley


• balsamic vinegar


• raw sugar (approx 1tbsp)


• ¼ lemon

Method:

• Finely chop rocket and crush garlic


• Heat olive oil in saucepan


• Fry ground black pepper, salts, and handful of crushed dried parsley


• Add garlic and stir to brown


• Add lemon thyme, dash of balsamic vinegar and sugar


• Stir until lightly caramelised


• Add rocket and stir until just cooked


• Process rocket mix with a little extra olive oil in a blender until smooth paste


• Stir in pine nuts and juice from ¼ lemon


• Jar and refrigerate