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Green Beans & Homemade Walnut Pesto

Course Side Dish
Cuisine Healthy
Keyword Vegetarian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes

Equipment

  • Mortar
  • Blender // Food Processor
  • Baking pan
  • Cooking pan

Ingredients

  • 500 gram Green Beans
  • 1 clove Garlic
  • 40 gram Texels Sheep Cheese or Old Amsterdam or Parmesan
  • 50 gram Basil
  • 40 gram Walnuts
  • 7 tbsp Olive Oil
  • 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
  • Some Black Pepper

Instructions

Preparations

  • Bring some salted water to a boil.
  • Peel the clove of garlic, grate the cheese and roast the walnuts in a baking pan.

Cooking

  • Once the water is cooking, you can add the green beans. Cook these for about 6 minutes or until they are cooked to your liking.
  • Use a blender or mortar to make the pesto of the garlic, cheese, walnuts, basil (incl. stalks) and olive oil. When you are using a mortar it can help to cut the ingredients a bit smaller before muddling.

Finishing Touch

  • Once the beans are cooked, you can drain them. Keep them warm in the cooking pan. Ready to serve the beans? Add the pesto, black pepper and lemon juice. Mix this until all beans are covered with pesto.
  • Serve directly.