How to make nasturtium pesto

We have lots of nasturtiums growing on the allotment. Most people grow them for the flowers. We grow them for food. The leaves and seeds have a pleasant peppery flavour. In this video we show you how to make nasturtium pesto. For more information on allotment and wild foods go to www.self-sufficientinsuburbia.blogspot.com.

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Howto & Style

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• pesto
• nasturtiums
• allotment
• kitchen
• food
• mixer
• olive
• oil
• walnuts
• garlic
• cookery
• cooking

[ivankinsman]

Hi Jonathan, have just made the pesto and it has come out very well - almost like the real thing and it's nice to be able to put the nasturtiums to greater edible use. Didn't have any tabasco so just added a pinch of salt. Do you know if you can freeze it?

[jonathanwallace]

@ivankinsman I've never tried freezing it before and I'm not sure how it would react so can't offer any advice on that. The olive oil should act as a preservative for a few weeks if you keep it in the fridge.

There is another nasturtium video on my channel - how to pickle nasturtium seeds. You may want to give that a try. Also, we have filmed but not yet edited a video on how to make soup with nasturtium, cauliflower and nettle leaves. I'll edit it soon and put it on YouTube.

[ivankinsman]

We also grow nasturtiums in the vegetable garden to act as an attraction for the insects away from our priceless veg. We also use the flowers and cook them tempura-style. This looks like a good recipe so - rather than giving all the plants to the chickens - we'll try out this pesto sauce.