This Sour Cherry Pesto recipe is a gorgeous appetizer or pasta sauce any time: dried sour cherries, dried olives, garlic, basil, Parmesan, toasted pine nuts. Mmmm!
Course
Sauce
Cuisine
Canadian
Prep Time15minutes
Cook Time15minutes
Total Time30minutes
Servings6
AuthorValerie Lugonja is... A Canadian Foodie
Ingredients
40gdried black olives, pitted and minced
10ggarlic cloves, minced
80gdried cherries, minced (blender works)
5gfresh basil
50gParmesan Cheese
60gor more flavourful extra virgin olive oil
1/4teaspoondry pepper flakes
50gpinenuts, toasted, extra whole for garnish, optional
finishing salt: white a Fleur de Sel
Bruschetta or pasta
Instructions
Mix all ingredients together, except for the whole pinenuts; check the seasoning
Add whole pinenuts just before serving; spread over crackers or toss with hot homemade pasta
Either way - scrumptious
Recipe Notes
To make the pesto runnier, add more olive oil
To make the pesto chunkier, don't blend as much
To make Sour Cherry Truffles, simply mix 40g pitted aged olives with 80g dried sour cherries (or a 1:2 ratio) and puree, roll into balls and in grated Parmesan Cheese; refrigerate well before serving