Walnut Pesto

10 ingredients
5 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 cup shelled walnuts
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 3 sprigs thyme
  • 2 sun-dried tomatoes, halves oil-packed
  • 1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
  • coarse salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon sherry wine vinegar
  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • additional olive oil, for the bread
  • 1 loaf Italian bread

Directions

  1. 1
    Spread walnuts on a baking sheet and slide into a 350 deg oven. Toast, shaking once or twice, until fragrant, crisp and brown, 13 minutes.
  2. 2
    Slice the garlic the long way, degerm if necessary. Strip leaves off the thyme sprigs.
  3. 3
    WIth food processor running, drop garlic down the chute. Add tomatoes and pulse to bits. Add walnuts, thyme leaves, cheese and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Pulse, not too finely. Stir in vinegar and oil.
  4. 4
    Slice12 pieces of bread. Coat a cast-iron skillet with a thin fim of olive oil. Heat over medium-high heat. Add bread and toast golden, 1 minute per side. Repeat with remaining slices.
  5. 5
    Spread each slice of bread with a spoonful of pesto. Sprinkle with salt.

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