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Bill Granger

Three Pestos


Serves 6

Ingredients

Coriander Pesto

  • 60 g fresh coriander leaves cilantro
  • 80 g lightly toasted and roughly chopped cashews
  • 2 chopped garlic cloves
  • 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
  • 1 small seeded and chopped red chilli
  • Olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons lime juice
  • Sea salt
  • Ground black pepper

Walnut Pesto

  • 125 g lightly toasted and chopped walnuts
  • 2 chopped garlic cloves
  • 50 g grated parmesan
  • 2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
  • Olive oil
  • Sea salt
  • Ground black pepper

Parsley Pesto

  • 40 g flat-leaf parsley
  • 50 g lightly toasted pine nuts
  • 50 g grated parmesan
  • 2 garlic cloves chopped
  • 2 chopped anchovies
  • 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest
  • Olive oil
  • Sea salt
  • Ground black pepper

Method

Coriander Pesto

  1. Mix the coriander, cashew nuts, garlic, ginger and chilli in a food processor until well blended.
  2. With the motor running, add olive oil a little at a time until the pesto has a smooth consistency.
  3. Add the lime juice and season with salt and black pepper.
  4. Spoon into a sterilized jar and keep in the fridge.
  5. Once you’ve opened the jar, pour a thin layer of oil over the top of the pesto to keep it fresh.

Walnut Pesto

  1. Mix the walnuts, garlic, parmesan and parsley in a food processor until well blended.
  2. With the motor running, add olive oil a little at a time until the pesto has a smooth consistency.
  3. Season with salt and black pepper.
  4. Store in a sterilized jar .
  5. Once you’ve opened the jar, pour a thin layer of oil over the top of the pesto to keep it fresh.

Parsley Pesto

  1. Mix the parsley, pine nuts, parmesan, garlic, anchovies and lemon zest in a food processor until well blended.
  2. With the motor running, add olive oil a little at a time until the pesto has a smooth consistency.
  3. Season with salt and black pepper.
  4. Store in a sterilized jar.
  5. Once you’ve opened the jar, pour a thin layer of oil over the top of the pesto to keep it fresh.
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Recipes from Every Day by Bill Granger, published by Murdoch Books, photography by Petrina Tinslay

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  • Michelle
    November 2009

    Tip: I lived in Genova in Italy and make traditional Italian Pesto with basil - which is similar to the walnut recipie, so try with basil instead of parsley and pine nuts instead of walnuts - so my tip is, generally you don't add more than 2 tbsp oil to ANY pesto but also add water which makes it go creamy and smooth and a beautiful colour! Try it in the walnut version! It also freezes really well! Great for healthy quick emergency meals!

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