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    Home » Recipes » Spice and Condiment

    Spinach Pesto with Roasted Garlic

    February 9, 2012 by Kankana Saxena

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    These past few weeks have been really crazy. I missed my camera, missed visiting my favorite blogs and there is so much to catch up. In between all the packing and unpacking, I was hardly getting any time to breathe. Yes, we moved to a new apt and we are still settling down. Today, I found some time in hand to share one of our all-time favorite sauce for pasta, favorite spread for bread and favorite dip for the chips - Pesto!

     

    I don't remember the first time when I had pesto and how did I react to it. I don't even remember when it became my favorite. All I know is that it's easy to make at home, it's quick and it's always super-yummy. There are so many different types of pesto sauce that you can never get tired of it. I decided to choose some fresh baby spinach for this recipe.

    I know that basil pesto is more flavorful and yes, we absolutely love the classic pesto. At times, we like to change it up with other herbs and hence, the spinach pesto with roasted garlic. I love garlic in every form but roasted garlic is so out of the worldly delicious and it takes absolutely no effort to make it.

    Cut half an inch from the top, put in an aluminum foil, drizzle some olive oil, sprinkle some salt and wrap it up tight. Let it roast in the oven for about 35 minutes at 400F and that's it!

    If you have never tried spinach pesto with roasted garlic, go ahead and give this a try. It's not only flavorful but it is also more creamy and sweet.

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    Spinach Pesto with Roasted Garlic

    Kankana Saxena
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    Servings 0

    Ingredients
     

    • 2-½ cup lightly packed fresh baby spinach (washed and dried)
    • 6 cloves roasted garlic
    • ½ cup toasted walnut (roughly chopped)
    • ½ cup parmesan cheese (roughly chopped)
    • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil

    Instructions
     

    • Roughly chop the spinach. Drop it in the food processor along with all the other ingredients except oil.
    • Lightly pulse until it's all mixed together.
    • Keep the food processor running and slowly add oil from the top.
    • Let it blend till the mixture becomes creamy.
    • If you are not using the pesto right away, store it in a air-tight jar. It can be refrigerated for about 2 weeks and if you wish to store it longer, you need to freeze it.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1Servings

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    Comments

    1. Patsy Bell Hobson

      June 28, 2012 at 12:05 am

      I grow about 6 different kinds of pesto, dearly love it. You spinach version will be a great way to store my abundant crops of garlic and spinach. This winter, I will treasure this recipe. Love your blog.

    2. Ananda Rajashekar

      March 05, 2012 at 9:11 am

      Gosh, these pic's are FANTASTIC babes, i'm series drooling stack of spinach won my heart!!

    3. mjskit

      March 03, 2012 at 4:25 pm

      I'm sold! I have a jar of roasted garlic in the fridge just waiting to join some spinach in the blender. This looks SO GOOD!!!!

    4. Shabs

      March 03, 2012 at 10:25 am

      Wowowo , this looks super delish !!!! I gotta try this 🙂

    5. Rose ( Magpie's Recipes)

      February 29, 2012 at 5:39 pm

      I like opening up this post and just looking at the pics 🙂 They are so pretty!

    6. Sawsan @ chef in disguise

      February 23, 2012 at 1:19 pm

      I have never tried pesto except for the basil one and I really think it is time to change that.
      Congrats on the new apartments 🙂

    7. Tanvi @ The Hathi Cooks

      February 18, 2012 at 4:58 pm

      This looks amazing. I love roasted garlic and I'm sure that these flavors are amazing. I'll have to make this soon!

    8. Priya

      February 17, 2012 at 7:42 pm

      looks like we also had the same glass jars to store the pesto in! Ihe pesto looks vibrantly green Kankana and the roasted garlic is delicious. I got some arugula from the farmer's market last night, I'll try a small batch with it and see how it turns out.

    9. Magic of Spice

      February 17, 2012 at 11:14 am

      What a gorgeous and flavorful pesto! The photos are just beautiful as well!

    10. Malli

      February 15, 2012 at 2:06 pm

      Welcome back Kankana,
      You have a glorious looking pesto ---a favorite of mine too:)

    11. Only fish recipes

      February 15, 2012 at 1:35 pm

      The pesto sounds n looks so so delicious.....love the vibrant color !

    12. Kiran @ KiranTarun.com

      February 15, 2012 at 11:50 am

      Beautiful photos -- I've made spinach pesto as well, and it's just as delicious as basil pesto. Hoping you get settled into your new home soon 🙂

    13. Priya

      February 15, 2012 at 6:24 am

      Lovely photography...the green really stands out! Cant believe that u make everything from pesto to jam, at home on regular basis.

    14. Anzz

      February 15, 2012 at 4:27 am

      I love the flavor of roasted garlic. The pesto looks delicious and the clicks are amazing..

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    15. Marsha @ The Harried Cook

      February 14, 2012 at 5:28 pm

      Hi Kankana... That's an absolutely delicious looking bottle of pesto! I have heard of Spinach being used for pesto, but I have never made it or even tasted it... And your photographs are just beautiful! Great post 🙂

      I was going through my google reader looking through posts I may have missed and realized my reader hasn't updated your site in ages! I don't know what that happened! So now I have resubscribed, and hopefully I should get regular updates now!

    16. Namitha

      February 14, 2012 at 4:02 pm

      Glad to hear that you settled well in the new place 🙂 Packing and unpacking is no fun !
      This is a great twist to the classic pesto. mmm,I can smell the flavor of roasted garlic 🙂

    17. Juliana

      February 14, 2012 at 3:02 pm

      This spinach pesto looks and sounds awesome, love the roasted garlic in it...I already can picture this pesto over a dish of pasta...yummie!
      Hope you are having a wonderful week Kankana 🙂

    18. Asmita

      February 14, 2012 at 11:16 am

      This looks and sounds wonderful! Would love to eat this with pasta. The photos , as usual are gorgeous.

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