Potato salad with pesto

AUTHOR
Reed Chan
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
5 2
COOK TIME
60 mins
TOTAL TIME
60 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 1 kg small new potatoes
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 90 g Pine nuts
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 2 pots Basil
  • 50 g grated parmesan cheese
  • 8 TABLESPOONS + 1 tsp olive oil
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 300 g cherry tomatoes
  • 1 collar Spring onions

Directions

  1. 1

    Wash the potatoes thoroughly. Cook in boiling salted water for about 20 minutes. Drain, quench, peel and let cool off. Meanwhile roast pine nuts in a pan without fat until golden brown, take them out.

  2. 2

    Peel the garlic and press it through a garlic press. Wash the basil, pluck the leaves from the stalks and chop coarsely, up to about 1/4. Puree 2/3 of the pine nuts, basil, garlic, parmesan and 8 tablespoons of olive oil in a blender.

  3. 3

    Season with salt and pepper. Wash, clean and halve the tomatoes. Clean, wash and cut spring onions into rings. Heat 1 teaspoon of oil in a pan. Fry the spring onions in it at low heat.

  4. 4

    Depending on the size, possibly halve the potatoes. Mix potatoes, spring onions, tomatoes and pesto and arrange in a bowl. Sprinkle with remaining basil and pine nuts.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
600 kcal
CARBS
43 g
FATS
40 g
PROTEINS
14 g