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Rocket Pesto (Arugula) by Emma Eats & Explores

Rocket Pesto (Arugula)

Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Sauces & Dips
Cuisine Gluten-Free, Grain-Free, Italian, Low Carb, Paleo, Pescatarian, Primal, Raw, Refined Sugar-Free, SCD, Vegetarian
Servings 4 tbsps

Ingredients
  

  • 1 large handful fresh basil
  • 2 large handfuls fresh rocket (arugula)
  • 2 tbsps pine nuts
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 50 g Parmesan cheese
  • 50 ml olive oil
  • salt & pepper

Instructions
 

  • On a medium heat, toast the pine nuts in a frying pan until they turn golden brown in colour (about 5mins).
  • Grate the Parmesan cheese.
  • Chop or crush the garlic clove.
  • Wash the basil and tear the leaves from the stems.
  • Add the basil leaves, rocket (arugula), garlic, pine nuts, Parmesan cheese and plenty of salt and pepper to the food processor.
  • Turn on the food processor and drizzle the olive oil through the hole in the top until the pesto is the right consistency
  • Serve over pasta, or with meat/fish/salad etc