Sauces

Cress and Lemon Pesto

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 25 mins
Course Sauce
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 4)

Ingredients

  • 0.5 ½ organic lemon (s)
  • 2 boxes cress
  • 2 tablespoon pine nuts
  • 40 ml olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 teaspoon honey, liquid
  • salt and pepper
  • Chili powder or cayenne pepper
Cress and Lemon Pesto
Cress and Lemon Pesto

Instructions

  1. Wash 1/2 lemon, squeeze 1 teaspoon lemon juice, rub off the peel. Cut off the cress and finely puree with pine nuts and olive oil. Squeeze in the garlic. Stir in lemon zest, 1 teaspoon lemon juice and honey. Season with salt, pepper and chilli or cayenne pepper.
  2. Use: Mix the pesto with pasta and sprinkle with parmesan.
  3. Tastes wonderfully fresh on hot summer days!
Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

The Boss Kitchen editorial staff oversees content review, fact-checking, and recipe verification across the site. Published articles pass through the editorial team before going live, ensuring ingredient lists, techniques, cooking times, and nutritional claims hold up in a home kitchen. The team coordinates contributions across the site writers, handles reader corrections, and maintains consistency in measurement conventions, safety guidance, and dietary labeling. Posts under this byline typically represent team-reviewed reference material, site announcements, or editorial roundups rather than individual-author features, and they are held to the same sourcing standards as bylined recipe and product coverage.

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