ROCKET
ROCKET also known as Arugula in America and Roquette in French is a great herb to have growing in your garden, its easy to maintain and even better when picked straight from the garden and tossed into a salad.
Rocket is known for its pungent peppery flavor which will add an element to any dish, fresh and or wilted it goes fabulously with rich, creamy foods as it cuts straight through. It can be used as a salad leaf on its own or as a mixture of salad leaves.
Rocket pairs particularly well avocado, lemon, parmesan cheese, pears, Carpaccio and a variety of nuts.
Besides from being a great salad and garnish herb it’s also fantastic to use as a pesto, blitz up with parmesan, pine nuts and olive oil its flavor pairings its fantastic to serve with fish, drizzled over a pizza or with a springbok Carpaccio.
Rocket also aids in the prevention and aiding of stomach ulcers.
I love the name Rocket so much I even named my puppy after the herb.
RECIPE:
Rocket Pesto with pan fried linefish on a bed of lentils
Ingredients:
100g rocket
30g parmesan, grated2 cloves garlic
30g pine nuts
200ml olive oil
½ lemon, juiced
Seasoning
1 portion line fish
50g lentils, cooked
Method:
· In a blender blitz together the rocket, parmesan, garlic, pine nuts, lemon juice and seasoning the slowly start adding the olive oil.
· In a hot pan place the fish skin side down until it’s crispy then flip over and cook through.
· Mix the lentils with a little pesto, place the fish on top and drizzle over some of the pesto.
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