Garlic Scape Pesto

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 10 garlic scapes
• 1/2 cup slivered almonds
• 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1/4 parmesan cheese
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 rinse scapes in cold water, then roughly chop into half-inch pieces.
• 2 processing — pour scapes and slivered almonds into the bowl of your food processor. blend for 30 seconds, or until a fairly smooth texture is achieved. scrape down sides of bowl with your rubber spatula.
• 3 with the machine running, slowly add olive oil, and process until thoroughly incorporated, about 15 seconds. then add the parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper, and blend for another 5 seconds. taste carefully — you might like to add more salt and pepper.
• 4 although this pesto is good freshly made, it is even better when refrigerated for several hours or overnight. before chilling, place the pesto in a glass bowl and cover tightly with plastic wrap.
• 5 garlic scapes are available only from june through mid-july. consequently you might want to buy lots of them, as i do, and make several batches of pesto. these you can freeze in air-tight containers for up three months.