Friday, April 17, 2009

Kale Pesto Linguine and Thai Coffee Agar Dessert!



I've never made pesto with kale before. I've made it with basil of course, broccoli, arugula, cilantro and spinach. I had two big bunches of kale in my fridge that needed using up so I decided to give it a go. I processed fresh kale with walnuts, olive oil, garlic, lemon juice and a little bit of salt. It came out nice and creamy but was quite bitter. I was a little disappointed. I ended up sauteeing some tomatoes and garlic in olive oil and added the pesto to the pan to cook it out a bit. It lost a lot of the bitterness as a result so I was good to go. I tossed it with hot linguine and topped it with "Parmezano Sprinkle" (almonds, nutritional yeast, miso, salt).

For dessert I had Thai coffee flavored jelly agar dessert. If you remember the last one I made, this is the same thing just a different flavor. It was so delicious. I like coffee flavored everything so this was a treat. This flavor worked much better with the sliced bananas.

3 comments:

MeloMeals said...

Yum! I really like kale in pesto..

interesting dessert..

aTxVegn said...

That dessert looks pretty cool.

Oraphan said...

Wow! Looks so yummy. I've never tried kale in my pasta. Thanks for such a great idea. Your dessert looks so gooooood!