Hi you,
what’s up? I’m super cause I just made some fresh coriander and ginger pesto that I already tried and it was so good.
This brilliant pesto wasn’t an idea created by me and my little brain, no. A few weeks ago I was having lunch in restaurant called Rafla (here in Helsinki) and I ordered pasta with salmon and coriander and ginger pesto.
The pesto was so good that even though I was in a bit of a hurry I just couldn’t stop eating. I’m not kidding. I finished the whole plate which was pretty impressive for me because I normally don’t have that big of an appetite during the lunch hours.
Ever since I’ve been thinking every now and then that I should try to make the same kind of pesto at home. And today I did, hurray!
Coriander and Ginger Pesto (makes about one full cup of pesto)
3,5-4 cups of fresh coriander
30 g of fresh ginger
2 cloves of garlic
25 g of cashews
45 g of pecorino (or parmesan)
2 teaspoons of chili (I used dried but fresh is good too)
1,2 dl of olive oil (I used extra virgin)
You can either put everything in a blender (do chop the cheese and ginger into few smaller bits first) and after a few rounds of blending the pesto is already done. Or you can use a hand blender like I did. If you do I recommend you add things sort of one by one (and again do chop the cheese and ginger first).
And the result? One full cup of fresh homemade pesto.
The I suggest you boil yourself some whole grain pasta (remember to put enough salt to the boiling water) and add a full tablespoon of pesto to your plate.
If you like you can also fry a fillet of salmon on top or have add some shrimps. Next time I think I’m gonna try some grilled halloumi cheese with it. But I assure you it’s also good on its own.
(I think I now see a pizza with this pesto in my future…)
Oo, this sounds amazing! I put cilantro(/coriander) in pesto all the time, but it never occurred to me to add ginger, too! Yummm.
Do try it with ginger! It’s a nice yet quite subtle change ü
Hadn’t thought about it but now that you asked I think it totally would.
I’ll have to try and make something. If you beat me to it, please share I’d love to know what you come up with!
Sounds fascinating! Do you think this would go well on Asian food? It sounds very Asian.