I buy a bunch of it at least once a week and sometimes that isn't enough. Along with cilantro, it is the green that you will always find in my refrigerator. But if you are not a certified parsley lover like myself, there are lots of ways to prepare it to get all of the benefits without having to chew on it like a rabbit, as I am known to do!
Here I pounded parsley, cilantro, salt, garlic and walnuts to create a pesto-pistou concoction. Pesto simply means "pounded" in Italian and while most people associate it with basil pesto with cheese and pine nuts, pistou is the cheese-less, nut-less vesion from Provencal. Deeming this a pistou is fair but a bit of stretch since I included cilantro and some walnuts to cut the zing of the fresh garlic. No matter what you call it, it was delicious! Pulling some homemade tagliatelle out of the freezer made it a quick and cheap dinner - priceless in my book!
I will be sending this to Claire at Chez Cayenne for Presto Pasta Nights. Enjoy!
Tagliatelle with Green Herb Pistou
serves 2
1 cup parsley, minced
1/3 cup cilantro, minced
3 cloves garlic, smashed
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon walnuts
2 tablespoons olive oil
black pepper
1/3 lb fresh tagliatelle
Bring well salted pot of water to boil. In mortar in pestle pound garlic, herbs and salt until it forms a paste, mashing garlic to blend well. Add walnuts and mix well. Add olive oil 1/2 tablespoon at a time to blend well. Add pepper to taste. Cook pasta until al dente and drain. Return to pot and add pistou and stir to coat. Serve.
Hugs!
Recipes currently inspiring me:
Cream of Green Bean Casserole Soup at The Well-Seasoned Cook
Salmon, Smoked Salmon and Potato Gratin at Thyme for Cooking
Linguine with Scallops and Meyer Lemon at Blue Kitchen
1/3 cup cilantro, minced
3 cloves garlic, smashed
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon walnuts
2 tablespoons olive oil
black pepper
1/3 lb fresh tagliatelle
Bring well salted pot of water to boil. In mortar in pestle pound garlic, herbs and salt until it forms a paste, mashing garlic to blend well. Add walnuts and mix well. Add olive oil 1/2 tablespoon at a time to blend well. Add pepper to taste. Cook pasta until al dente and drain. Return to pot and add pistou and stir to coat. Serve.
Hugs!
Recipes currently inspiring me:
Cream of Green Bean Casserole Soup at The Well-Seasoned Cook
Salmon, Smoked Salmon and Potato Gratin at Thyme for Cooking
Linguine with Scallops and Meyer Lemon at Blue Kitchen
5 comments:
All that green makes this a perfect dish for spring, I'll bet. Thanks for sending this over to Presto Pasta Nights!
Great choice, Kirsten. I too love flat leaf parsley, which... strange as it sounds, isn't so easy to come by here in Nova Scotia this time of year. All I find is the curly kind or teeny little plastic boxes, leaves already turning yellow for $2+
I never knew parsley had all those nutrients. Great pasta dish
Good to know all that about parsley. I try to keep it growing here, in my raised bed or in a pot, without much success. It only lasts a very short time. Think my black thumb is coming into play.
Interesting and important information. It is really beneficial for us. Thanks
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