Spruce Tips Pesto Recipe – A Unique Twist on Classic Pesto
Learn all the unique ways you can use spruce tips in your kitchen. From making this unique spruce tips pesto sauce to making spruce tips tea, syrup, or mead!
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Servings: 2 Servings
Calories: 488kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup spruce tips
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 tablespoon walnuts or pine nuts
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
- ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg (freshly grated)
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper (optional)
- ¼ cup parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
Instructions
- Add one cup of washed spruce tips into a food processor. Top with garlic, walnuts (or pine nuts), salt, pepper, nutmeg, and crushed red pepper, if using.
- Process the ingredients until smooth, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed.
- While the machine is running, drizzle the oil into the food processor.
- Sprinkle parmesan cheese and lemon zest. Give it one last whirl.
- Stir the mixture into your favorite pasta dish, or as a substitute for pizza sauce.
Notes
The nutrition info was calculated using basil pesto. Although I tried, I could not find specific nutritional information on spruce tips.
- Toss fresh, uncooked tips into a salad with other greens.
- Steep dried tips in hot water to make tea. Spruce is loaded with vitamin C, and rich in potassium and magnesium, so the tea can be soothing for a sore throat. Adding a cinnamon stick, honey, and a squeeze of lemon juice has even more health benefits.
- Adding the tips to cold water will impart a mild flavor, similar to adding citrus or cucumber slices to your water.
- Use the tips in place of rosemary in recipes.
- The tips can also be used in various savory dishes.
Nutrition
Serving: 1Serving | Calories: 488kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 50g | Fiber: 4g
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