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title: Wild Garlic Pesto
description: Spring is springing and with it the wild garlic is popping up in all the marshy areas near the cottage. One of my favourite ways to use this wonderful foraged green is in a magical pesto.
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# Wild Garlic Pesto

[Roisin](https://cottagesweetcottage.ie/blog/author/roisin)  Apr 1, 2025 6:54:00 AM 

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It's Spring time in Wicklow and the Wild Garlic is popping up all over the woodlands near the cottage. This is only my second year foraging and making my own wild garlic pesto but it has quickly become one of my favourite ways to celebrate the beginning of Spring. This year was even more special as I went foraging with my daughter and dog.

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## What you need to make wild garlic pesto

- pine nuts
- wild garlic leaves
- lemon juice
- parmesan
- Salt and pepper
- extra virgin olive oil

 

## Things to remember

It's important to check you are actually foraging wild garlic. Pick a leaf and crush it. If it smells strongly of garlic you have wild garlic. I like to use the app [Picture This](https://www.picturethisai.com/) to identify any plants I am unsure about. 

It's always hard to know how much you have actually foraged so the measurements here can be increased or decreased depending on how much you forage. One thing to remember is not to pick the roots, to take a leaf from one stalk and move on to another plant. It's important not to harm the plant so it grows again next year.

I normally use my dog's poo bags as a gauge so one bag is plenty for me!

 

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## Wild Garlic Pesto

By Roisin

Spring is springing and with it the wild garlic is popping up in all the marshy areas near the cottage. One of my favourite ways to use this wonderful foraged green is in a magical pesto.

- **Category: **Sauce
- **Servings: **12

- **Prep Time: **  15min
- **Total Time: **  15min

### Ingredients

- 70g wild garlic leaves
- 50g pine nuts
- juice of 1 lemon
- salt and pepper
- 100ml olive oil

### Intructions

1. Go foraging! Get our for a walk and find your wild garlic meadow!
2. Wash the wild garlic leaves and dry
3. Add all the ingredients to the food processor and blitz until you are happy with the consistency. 
4. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a jar to keep in the fridge. The pesto will keep for about a week if you don't eat it all in one day!
5. Prep: wash and chop veggies

### Notes

 My favourite way to enjoy this is definitely on pasta. Try it with a fun pasta shape, like Orecchiette, and enjoy your hard foraging work!

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