Pea Pesto

Another PKU Mum friend shared a wonderful recipe with me. It is easy to make and can be frozen in 1 exchange portions for a quick fix dinner. Most importantly though, Gremlin absolutely bloomin' loved it. She was getting cross at me because I wasn't shovelling it in quick enough. It is originally taken from the NSPKU magazine 'News and Views'. Thank you so much for sharing Ruth! It also gives non-PKUers a little insight into the complicated maths involved in PKU life (and this is an easy one!).

Pea Pesto

Ingredients
1 x tablespoon garlic infused oil (available in all supermarkets)
150g x frozen peas, weighed after cooking, reserve a little of the cooking water
Squeeze of lemon juice
Handful fresh basil, if you have it
Salt and Pepper to taste

Method
Place all the ingredients in a liquidiser or food processor, adding a little of the reserved cooking water if the mixture seems too dry. You are looking for a moist paste. Taste and add more lemon juice, garlic oil, salt or pepper too if you think it needs it. Now, using a spatula, scrape out the food mixer and weigh the entire mixture. Divide this amount by 6 and this number equals the weight of one exchange of the pesto. For example, your pesto mixture might weigh 180 grams. 180 divided by 6 is 30 so 30g of your mixture would give you one exchange. You divide by 6, because you have used 150g peas in the recipe and 150g of peas equal 6 exchanges. When you get used to this , you might use more or less peas depending on how much pesto you want so adjust your sums accordingly.

End Result: YUM.

Can be served with prescription bread/toast (ie crostini thingy) or pasta. Non- PKUers might like it with regular pasta and parmesan.