{"id":3261,"slug":"stinging-nettle-pesto","title":"Stinging Nettle Pesto","description":"Forage for stinging nettles at a location free from chemical sprays, using with thick gloves and scissors.","ingredients_raw":["5 cups freshly-foraged nettles","⅓ cup hazelnuts, pine nuts, and/or walnuts","3 garlic cloves","⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil","¼ cup Parmesan cheese","2 tsp lemon juice","2 tsp black pepper"],"ingredients_norm":["foraged nettle","hazelnuts pine nuts and/or walnut","garlic clove","extra virgin olive oil","parmesan cheese","lemon juice","black pepper"],"steps":["Dry sauté or roast nuts until slightly browned.","With thick gloves, place nettles in boiling water for 1 minute. Transfer nettles to an ice water bath to stop the cooking process. Drain.","Blend all ingredients until smooth. Alternatively, smash with mortar and pestle for a coarser consistency."],"categories":["Sauce recipes","Native American recipes","Recipes for pesto","Recipes using parmesan","Recipes using hazelnut","Recipes using lemon juice","Recipes using nettle"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":"16 ounces","difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Stinging_Nettle_Pesto","source_ref":"4634848","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Stinging_Nettle_Pesto&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"46150c5dfd5fd568963427574318921dff02fe10d6bf95c6418f372cae273997","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:24Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/stinging-nettle-pesto"}