Prep time:
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Total time:
Serves: 3
250g shelled fresh or frozen peas
2 fat cloves garlic, finely chopped
50g pine nuts, toasted
50g Parmesan cheese, chopped into small chunks
good handful mint leaves
6tbsp extra virgin olive oil
An excellent item for your storecupboard, pesto is great for using up gluts of produce. This recipe is perfect for using up any forgotten peas in the freezer, and it is a real taste of summer, which I hanker for in the winter. It is delicious with pasta, adding a real depth of flavour.
The Great Dixter Cookbook is published by Phaidon £24.95. Wealden Times readers can buy it with a 30% discount and free UK shipping, using the code DX30 at phaidon.com/dixter offer open until 25 June 2018. Aaron Bertelsen is appearing at The Garden Hub at the Wealden Times Midsummer Fair.
- words: Aaron Bertelsen
- pictures: Andrew Montgomery
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