We let cilantro go to seed in our garden each year, so it comes up on its own year after year. Which is a good thing for tacos or pico de gallo. But when the cilantro becomes a jungle of cilantro, what do you do?
It's good! The flavor is so powerful; the fragrance so pungent. Some people don't like it and say it tastes like soap, but we like it!
I decided we'd try to find something else to do with cilantro besides the same old same olds. We love basil pesto. I wonder if you could make cilantro pesto? Why, yes you can! You'll need:
1/2 cup pecans,2 cups cilantro
2 garlic cloves
1/2 cup olive oil
1 1/2 TBS lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 cayenne pepper
This takes all of about five minutes to pull together. Mix it up for a bit in the food processor. It has a nice bright green color to it and is very fragrant!
She also cut some baguettes up into little slices and toasted them to make crostini. We spooned some cilantro pesto on the warm crostini. That's a nice little appetizer, I tell ya!
Although the official recipe didn't call for it, I think if you'd grate up some Parmesan cheese into the pesto, it would kick the cilantro pesto into overdrive. We're going to try that next time. I don't think it is possible to eat all the cilantro that is out there in the garden, but this recipe gives us another option. Warm weather will cause the cilantro to bolt to seed. That means more cilantro for next year!
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