ZUCCHINI PESTO IN JAR COOKING – here is a new recipe, just for you, taken from my book Easy Jar Cooking ed. Gribaudo. A delicious zucchini pesto cooked in a jar, using the microwave jar cooking technique, in just 5 minutes. Perfect for dressing gnocchi, pasta, or as a base for chicken scaloppine, it will be a must during zucchini season, very handy to keep ready in the fridge. I like to think that this summer, after coming back from the beach or a trip to the mountains, you’ll think of me a little, while opening this fragrant zucchini pesto in jar cooking.
Now, ready, jars, go!
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Rest time: 20 Minutes
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 3
- Cooking methods: Microwave
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Summer, Fall
- Energy 83.01 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 3.48 (g) of which sugars 0.13 (g)
- Proteins 4.30 (g)
- Fat 6.58 (g) of which saturated 1.35 (g)of which unsaturated 2.24 (g)
- Fibers 1.31 (g)
- Sodium 157.82 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 98 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Shopping List for Zucchini Pesto
- 10 oz zucchini
- 1 tsp pine nuts
- 1 tsp almond granules
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 3 leaves basil
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tbsp Grana Padano PDO (grated)
What You Need to Make Zucchini Pesto in a Jar
- 1 Jar 500 ml with a thin gasket
- 1 Grater with large holes
Rosella Recommends
You can use the zucchini pesto cooked in a jar to dress bruschetta, maybe adding some strips of speck cooked in a pan. You can replace almond granules with cashews.
Vegan Zucchini Pesto in Jar Cooking
For a vegan version, replace Grana Padano with gomasio.
