Crazy Wild Garlic Pesto

Wild Garlic

A group of us recently visited went to the depths of Totnes for a friends birthday. We sang "Country House" the whole way there until we were told, quite rudely, to pipe down. I had a fantastic time, despite whacking my head on one of those stupid tiny door frames you see lurking around in old country  houses, reminding us that as humans we are growing at alarming rate, and makes you wonder how on earth we will fit into these little old houses in a couple of hundred years when are the size of small giraffes. 

The next day, we all went on a long country walk and discovered an abundance of wild garlic. If you are lucky enough to live close to any wild garlic I really recommend picking some. It smells incredible, and you can do a lot of great dishes with it. A friend had told me she had used this as the filling for some chicken Kievs which I can only imagine would be delicious.  Unfortunately, the person I was cooking for was a vegetarian so a cheeky Kiev was out of the question. 

Here is my Crazy Wild Garlic Pesto recipe:

Ingredients:

A good bunch of wild garlic- I had about 50-60 leaves, washed

80g of pine nuts

70g of Parmesan (or if you want a vegan version, try cashew cream 
or just leave the Parmesan out)

180ml olive oil

Squeeze of fresh lemon juice

Sea salt and black pepper to taste

All you need to do is whizz these up in a blender. You can add more of each ingredient dependent on how you like you pesto, so taste as you go. I love this on pasta with grilled cherry tomatoes and broad beans.