{"id":35894,"date":"2019-07-23T18:28:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T01:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hazelnut.com\/hazelnut-mint-pesto\/"},"modified":"2019-07-23T18:28:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T01:28:17","slug":"hazelnut-mint-pesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hazelnut.com\/hazelnut-mint-pesto\/","title":{"rendered":"Hazelnut-Mint Pesto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Chef Jessica Ritter Champion, Co-owner Wild Pear Restaurant &amp; Catering and Ritter\u2019s Housemade Foods.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>It\u2019s it Grilling Season and this recipe goes well with so many grilled meats and vegetables.<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1655\" src=\"https:\/\/wilco.contentfeed.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hazelnut-Mint-Pesto-Recipe-Blog-1024x677.jpg\" alt=\"Hazelnut Mint Pesto Recipe\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Hazelnut-Mint Pesto:<\/strong><\/u><br \/>\n\u00bc cup chopped, toasted hazelnuts, deskinned<br \/>\n1 \u00bd cups packed fresh mint leaves, rinsed and dried<br \/>\n\u00bd cup fresh parsley, rinsed and dried<br \/>\n3 medium garlic cloves, peeled &amp; trimmed<br \/>\n\u00bc cup Parmesan, grated<br \/>\n\u00bd teaspoon lemon zest from 1 lemon<br \/>\n1 tablespoon lemon juice<br \/>\n1\/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil<br \/>\nKosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Directions:<\/strong><\/u><br \/>\nIn a food processor:<br \/>\nCombine the hazelnuts, mint leaves, parsley, garlic, and lemon zest and pulse until chopped.<br \/>\nWith the machine on, add the olive oil in a thin stream and process until smooth. Season the pesto with salt pepper. Adjust flavor to your liking.<br \/>\n*The mint pesto can be refrigerated overnight.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Uses:<\/strong><\/u><br \/>\nToss pesto with pasta, cherry tomatoes, feta or goat cheese and chopped toasted hazelnuts. Serve either hot or cold.<br \/>\nMix it with any soft cheese: cream cheese, goat cheese and use it as a spread on a sandwich or as an appetizer.<br \/>\nMix with mayonnaise and use as a sandwich spread.<br \/>\nSpoon it on grilled chicken, fish, pork, seafood or vegetables<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Chef Jessica Ritter Champion, Co-owner Wild Pear Restaurant &amp; Catering and Ritter\u2019s Housemade Foods. It\u2019s it Grilling Season and this recipe goes well with so many grilled meats and vegetables. Hazelnut-Mint Pesto: \u00bc cup chopped, toasted hazelnuts, deskinned 1 \u00bd cups packed fresh mint leaves, rinsed and dried \u00bd cup fresh parsley, rinsed and [&hellip;]\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":35895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273],"tags":[],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2024-04-16 13:29:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hazelnut.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hazelnut.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hazelnut.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazelnut.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazelnut.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazelnut.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hazelnut.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazelnut.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazelnut.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}