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Rocket Pesto with Goat’s Cheese and Toasted Pine Nuts

Rocket Pesto with Goat’s Cheese and Toasted Pine Nuts

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A very unusual pesto recipe made with rocket, Goat’s Cheese and Toasted Pine Nuts

  • Yields: 330 ml |
  • Difficulty:

  • Prep Time : 20 mins |
  • Cook Time : 0 mins
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  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 50 g pine nuts, lightly toasted
  • 120 g rocket, hard stalks removed
  • generous pinch of freshly milled black pepper
  • 1 tsp (5 ml) Maldon salt
  • 50 g hard goat’s cheese, finely grated
  • 1/3 C (80 ml) good quality olive oil
  • 1 tsp (5 ml) freshly squeezed lemon juice

 

Place all the ingredients, apart from the olive oil and lemon juice, in a food processor and purée to form a paste. Slowly add the olive oil in a thin stream while the machine is running. Add the lemon juice once all the oil has been added. Place the pesto in an airtight container and store in the refrigerator until needed.