Wild Garlic Pesto Pasta with Fresh Peas

Recipe #4 – Wild Garlic Pesto Pasta with Peas – 20-Minute Spring Farm-to-Table Meal

Wild garlic season is short and magical. This bright green pesto is my favourite way to celebrate it — and it takes less than 10 minutes to make.

Wild Garlic Pesto Pasta with Fresh Peas

Recipe by The Warm ForkDifficulty: Easy

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

5

minutes

Cooking time

15

minutes

Ingredients

• 300 g pasta (tagliatelle or spaghetti)

• 100 g wild garlic leaves

• 50 g parmesan

• 50 g toasted pine nuts or walnuts

• 150 ml olive oil

• 1 cup fresh or frozen peas

• Juice of ½ lemon

• Salt & pepper

Directions

• Cook pasta according to packet.
• Blend wild garlic, parmesan, nuts, oil and lemon juice into pesto.
• In the last 2 min of pasta cooking, add peas.
• Drain, toss with pesto and a splash of pasta water.

Notes

• Farm-to-Table Tip: Pick wild garlic only from clean areas (or buy at the market). It smells amazing!

→ These herb scissors make chopping wild garlic effortless: Herb Scissors

→ My favourite food processor for quick pestos: Small Food Processor

→ Serve with this rustic wooden spoon set: Wooden Spoon Set

Wild garlic season is short — make this now! Did you forage or buy it? Let me know 🌿🍴