Watercress Pesto

Name: Watercress Pesto
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 1¾ cups (400 ml)
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Ingredients: 2 bunches watercress Watercress; 2 garlic cloves Garlic; about ½ lemon (40 g) Pres. Lemon; 80 g Pumpkin Seed; 1 cup + 2 tsp olive oil (250 ml) Olive Oil; about ¾ tsp (4 g) Salt

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Romain Meder recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Romain Meder.

CONDIMENT · PASTA, TOAST OR ROASTED SQUASH

A condiment for pasta, toast or roasted squash.

Meder's watercress-pumpkin seed pesto.

On the jar

PESTO

Method: blend
Yield: about 1¾ cups
Ingredients: 6

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Olive Oil 250 ml

Ingredients

Watercress2 bunches watercress
Garlic2 garlic cloves
Pres. Lemonabout ½ lemon (40 g)
Pumpkin Seed80 g
Olive Oil1 cup + 2 tsp olive oil (250 ml)
Saltabout ¾ tsp (4 g)

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

Romain Meder. French / vegetable-forward. Cited awards include: Michelin 3* Plaza Athénée (exec under Ducasse).

Originally published as Pesto de Cresson (Courge + Citron Confit).

Adapted from a Romain Meder recipe (Romain Meder / Académie du Goût).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Romain Meder / Académie du Goût (published as “Pesto de Cresson (Courge + Citron Confit)”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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