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I grew garlic in my garden for the first time this year and was so delighted to see my garlic scapes come up. In the past I have always bought them from the farmers market, but it was very exciting to cut them fresh from my garden. I promptly made my garlic scape pesto with them and it was particularly spicy and flavourful.

Garlic Scape Pesto

Gail Pearce Elegant-Entertaining
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Prep Time 40 minutes
Course Sauce
Cuisine Italian
Servings 1 cup

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup garlic scapes coarsely chopped
  • 1/4 cup basil, organic
  • 1/2 cup pine nuts (I used macadamia and almond nuts)
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice, (juice of half a lemon)
  • 1/3 cup parmigiana reggiano cheese, grated
  • Salt and Pepper

Instructions
 

  • Put garlic scapes, basil, nuts, lemon and salt and pepper (pepper liberally) in a food processor. Pulse for about 10 times or so, until combined.
  • Add olive oil gradually, a little at a time, continue pulsing until the pesto is a creamy paste.
  • Transfer the pesto to a bowl and stir in the grated cheese.
Keyword #garlic, #garlicscape, #pesto, garlicscapepesto
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