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Artichoke Pesto

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Check out the video where Michelle demonstrates how tyo make this recipe: Artichoke Pesto

Ingredients:

  • 8 oz artichoke hearts – fresh or frozen, but not marinated in oil
  • 3-4 cloves fresh garlic, peeled and choppped
  • ½ cup fresh Italian parsley leaves
  • ½ cup fresh basil leaves
  • 2 T. fresh thyme leaves
  • Juice of one lemon, or to taste
  • sea salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • ½ cup toasted walnuts
  • ½ cup Parmesan cheese
  • Olive oil – as needed (about ¼ cup)

Instructions:

  1. In a food processor, chop the artichoke hearts and garlic together using about 6 pulses.
  2. Add the fresh herbs, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Pulse until herbs are chopped and mixed into artichokes.
  3. . Add walnuts and Parmesan cheese, and two tablespoons of olive oil and pulse until mixed.
  4. Add additional olive oil until desired pesto consistency is reached – more for a sauce consistency, less for a thicker end result.
  5. Taste for seasoning.

Yield: Makes about 2 cups 2-4 people

Recipe courtesy Michele Knaus, EatLikeAChef. See Michele Make Artichoke Pesto

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