This apple celery and coriander pesto with walnuts is bright and fruity with the herbal kick of the coriander. A delightfully different pesto to liven up any meal.
Anyone you reads this blog regularly will know I like pesto, pistou and all those gorgeous green sauces that are easy to make, taste great and do you the power of good.
Just lately though I got a wee bit carried away on the pesto front and found myself making all sorts of different types. This Apple Celery and Coriander Pesto is a case in point.
I have been challenging myself to come up with new recipe ideas, scouring the shops for ingredients and then doing some serious kitchen crafting and mixing and matching to create all manner of pestos.
I didn’t just stop at the shops though, I grabbed herbs from the garden and foraged in the hedgerows too. Nowhere was safe from my pesto hunting.
Pesto mad
My passion for pesto had become a bit of an obsession. My freezer is a testament to this fact as it fairly groans under the weight of all those pesto packets, sweet, savoury, fruity, veggie, they are all there, all packed with flavour and all delicious.
Idgy posed this question a few months ago – “Are you doing another book or just over-eating?” She had a point, my pesto passion was getting a bit out of hand and the freezer was full to overflowing.
My poor daughter was sick to death of having pesto dished up at almost every meal, I was in my cook’n’book mode and nothing could stop me. Oh heck, might as well use my pesto recipes to make an eBook, so that’s what I did.
Available now as an Ebook with over 75 super easy recipes for making pesto from herbs, veggies weeds and even fruit pesto too. There are lots of recipes for using your pestos too.
Plus lots of interesting info on this great Italian sauce and its ingredients.
The inspiration
My Apple, Celery and Coriander Pesto is light and zesty and takes its lead from the world-famous Waldorf Salad. You know, the mixture of apple, celery and walnut. It’s such a great combination.
I’ve thrown coriander into the mix. Now hey presto a great pesto!
And it’s packed with flavour and just perfect for summer when you want light sauces to mingle with your mains.
Ingredients for apple celery and coriander pesto
2 tbsp chopped walnuts, 1 red-skinned eating apple, 2 sticks celery
2 tbsp chopped coriander, Salt and pepper plus Olive oil
How to make this apple pesto
Toast the walnuts in a dry pan for just a couple of minutes until they release that gorgeous nutty aroma. Don’t get side-tracked when you do this as these little beauties can catch very quickly and go from toasty tastiness to burnt offerings within seconds!
Core the apple but don’t peel it as the little flecks of red skin look pretty and the skin is full of vitamins too.
Chop the celery and toss this into a food processor along with the apple and the coriander leaves.
Season with salt and pepper and whizz that processor till you get a lovely bright green paste.
Drizzle in the olive oil a little at a time until you get the consistency you prefer. If I were mixing this with pasta I would add more oil for a looser sauce, when serving with a sandwich I add less oil for a firmer sauce that won’t drip everywhere.
Spoon your pesto into a small jar with a lid and top with a little more oil to seal and stop the herbs oxidizing and darkening in colour. Store in the fridge for up to a week.
How to serve this pesto
Try this with a simple chicken sandwich or on the side of a quiche, anywhere that a bit of light, fruity and spicy flavouring could lift things up and tickle your taste buds.
It goes wonderfully well with a simple ham salad wrap and of course with roast chicken.
Add a dollop to a summery cheeseboard.
Stir it into a simple bowl of pasta.
Looking for more super easy pesto recipes? Then check these out before you go;
Allergy friendly nut free pesto (vegan too!)
Nasturtium leaf and flower pesto
Pumpkin pesto plus pasta bake recipe (and video too!)
Strawberry and basil dessert pesto sauce
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Apple Celery And Coriander Pesto
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp walnuts chopped
- 1 apple red-skinned eating apple
- 2 sticks celery
- 2 tbsp coriander chopped
- Salt and pepper
- 1/2 cup Olive oil
Instructions
- Toast the walnuts in a dry pan for just a couple of minutes until they release that gorgeous nutty aroma. Don’t get side-tracked when you do this as these little beauties can catch very quickly and go from toasty tastiness to burnt offerings within seconds!
- Core the apple but don’t peel it as the little flecks of red skin look pretty and the skin is full of vitamins too.
- Chop the celery and toss this into a food processor along with the apple and the coriander leaves.
- Season with salt and pepper and whizz that processor till you get a lovely bright green paste.
- Drizzle in the olive oil a little at a time until you get the consistency you prefer. If I were mixing this with pasta I would add more oil for a looser sauce, when serving with a sandwich I add less oil for a firmer sauce that won't drip everywhere.
- Spoon your pesto into a small jar with a lid and top with a little more oil to seal and stop the herbs oxidizing and darkening in colour. Store in the fridge for up to a week.
This looks wonderful Karon and right up my street 🙂
… oh and I was only 26 away 😉
I’ve never thought about adding apple to pesto. Sounds and looks yummy though.
LOVE PESTO — all kinds of Pesto.. Have never added apple so can’t wait to try it!
Thanks so much for the super idea!
Thanks for your comment Carol. Hope you tried this pesto recipe and liked it.