Pecan Parsley Pepper Pesto

  3.9 – 8 reviews  • Pasta Sauces

With crisp walnuts and soft butterhead lettuce, serve this tart goat cheese salad as a side dish or a dinner. Less than 200 calories are contained in each tart, fresh salad. Each beet is given a little steam chamber to cook in by wrapping aluminum foil over it before roasting. The beets cooked in aluminum foil avoid drying out and retain their nutrition and flavor.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 10 mins
Servings: 32
Yield: 5 cups

Ingredients

  1. 2 cups flat leaf parsley with stems
  2. 2 cups shelled pecans
  3. 2 cups extra virgin olive oil
  4. 1 cup shaved Parmesan cheese
  5. 30 pitted kalamata olives
  6. 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded
  7. 3 cloves garlic
  8. 1 lemon, juiced and zested

Instructions

  1. Place the parsley, pecans, olive oil, Parmesan cheese, olives, jalapeno pepper, garlic, lemon juice, and lemon zest in the bowl of a blender or food processor, and pulse until smooth and creamy. Store in refrigerator.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 196 kcal
Carbohydrate 2 g
Cholesterol 2 mg
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Protein 2 g
Saturated Fat 3 g
Sodium 98 mg
Sugars 0 g
Fat 21 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Thomas Reyes
I did not use olives, added corn instead.
Sharon Dawson
I made this today and loved it! This is a good recipe.
Joseph Joseph
I made this today and omitted the jalapeno and substituted slivered almonds (budget reasons). It was amazing! I’ll harvest the rest of my parsley and freeze it in containers. With the almonds the color was gorgeous. Thank you to Soup Lover-Sue
Theresa Wilkins
This is a fabulous pesto. I didn’t change a thing and it was delicious!
Melissa Mcclain
This is a customized version. sorry not in right place. I sauteed a large minced onion with garlic, salt and pepper. then Processed parsley nuts fine and some olive oil Added thin to pan. cooked alittle added fresh lemon juice. Adjusted flavor. don’t remember if added something else. recipe not in front of me now. But added some capers. Can add little broth instead of so much oil. But this will change flavor. I variete One person in my family does not like parm. cheese so i now seperated some. and add parm. cheese. I sometimes add marinated dried tomatoesin oil to it. and serve it over pasta. Parsley healthy and we like this. I sometimes add more fresh sauteed garlic to it though. and adjust lemon. adjust salt and fresh pepper.
Shannon Lloyd
I kept adding more of this and that but it just never tasted very good. Also kind of a bad color.
Michael Ward
I tried six recipes from this site and this was my least favorite. Not enough flavor. Very bland. Maybe with some basil it might have some punch to it.
Jessica Rodriguez
sarita166-I’d like to know what you tired, and what you liked. Its hard to imagine that this had no flavor..between the parm, olives, and jalapeno? Your palet must be unique. Thanks for trying it, that means a lot!

 

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