One is not from a kitchen, but from a balcony in Hamburg. It is called "Terrassenküche" by Monika Fuchs. She is 82 years old and worked as a cook most of her live. Normally her son films her in her kitchen, but since we under contact ban and not allowed to visit our elders, she is outside on her balcony and he stands on the street in front of the house. Sometimes the sound quality is a bit low, just in the moment the Metro is passing by.
She made pesto today. Not this one, but she talked about the various ways to prepare a pesto. She used 3 bunch of the green leaves of carrots.
Last afternoon on the Sorted Insta live they made pesto too. What a coincidence. I wanted to prepare some and today was my grocery shopping day for this week. Since I live in an area where several farms produce large amounts of white gold - asparagus, and sometimes green stalks, I bought some.
The tips of green asparagus are good for eating just tossed in a pan through butter and a bit salt. The lower parts are often harder. I took off the lower third and tossed that in the bin, used the part up to the tips for my pesto.
ingredients:
250 g green asparagus
3 tbsp Parmesan cheese
1 tbsp toasted pine nuts
2 tbsp toasted almond chunks
a bit basil, chives, sorrel, bloodlamp
1/2 lemon juiced
1 clove of garlic
1/3 tsp Piment d´Espelette
salt and pepper
olive and rapeseed oil
I chucked all into a blender and made a fine pesto.
Today it was served with cod and the asparagus tips.
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