Arugula Almond Sauce

Prep Time:  10 Minutes

     Cook Time:  0 Minutes

     Serves:  12

Arugula is the Clark Kent of greens—meek-looking in the garden, but in the kitchen it morphs into Superman, able to leap tall buildings with a single bound.

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup roasted blanced almonds
  • 1 large or 2 small bunches arugula
  • 1 medium garlic clove
  • 2 green onions, cut up
  • 1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
  • 5 tbsp. olive oil
  • Salt
  • Freshly ground pepper

Directions

  1. Coarsely puree almonds, arugula, garlic, green onions, and lemon juice in a food processor.
  2. Keep the machine running as you gradually add enough olive oil to make a thick sauce.
  3. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Notes

Suggestions Consider making a double batch of this spunky sauce, for event though it's best at the first serving, it keeps its vivid green color and fresh flavor for days and can be used a hundred ways. Here's the first five we recommend: spooned on grilled fish tossed with pasta as a dip for raw asparagus and peas folded into an omelet spread on crackers.