Almond Arugula Pesto

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 12
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 137.3
  • Total Fat: 14.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 3.3 mg
  • Total Carbs: 2.7 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.1 g
  • Protein: 2.3 g

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Introduction

This Almond Arugula Pesto is delicious on bread , pasta, salad or whatever your heart desires. This Almond Arugula Pesto is delicious on bread , pasta, salad or whatever your heart desires.
Number of Servings: 12

Ingredients

    Ingredients:

    3 cups packed fresh baby arugula
    1/2 cup mild olive oil
    1/2 cup raw almonds
    4 cloves garlic, peeled
    salt to taste

Directions

Bring a small pot of salted water to a boil. Set up a bowl of ice water nearby, and grab a wire strainer. Toss the arugula into the boiling water and stir. Cook for ONLY 20 seconds, fish out the arugula with a strainer and quickly plunge into the ice water. Let sit for a minute, drain, and remove arugula from the water -- squeeze out the water with your hands. Reserve the blanched, drained and squeezed arugula until needed.

Add oil, almonds and garlic to a blender, along with the arugula. Pulse on and off, scraping down the sides of the blender in between blending, until a coarse pesto is formed. This should only take a minute of on and off blending. Do not over mix or the olive oil may turn too bitter.

Transfer to a bowl and season with salt to taste. Serve immediately, or refrigerate until needed. Will keep several days. Blanching the arugula leaves will keep this pesto a nice green color.

Enjoy!

Serving Size: makes approximately 3/4 cup of pesto

Number of Servings: 12

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user RBSJW1.