Summer appetizing made easy – make the most of the short-lived ramp season by making these ramp pesto pinwheels today!
It has all the green things: ramps, spinach (or other mild greens), and pistachios.
What are ramps? Ramps are a wild onion or shoot (depends on who you ask) with a pronounced, unique garlicky flavor. They are only around for a few months in the spring and are, generally, foraged.
The extra good news is that this ramp pesto is also great with so many other things: spaghetti, seafood, cheese and flatbreads etc.
Tip: double the recipe! You’ll want more of these, if you’re sharing 🙂
Ramp pesto pinwheels
Author: Saffron & Honey
Recipe type: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
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Summer appetizing (and entertaining) made easy - make the most of the short-lived ramp season by making these ramp pesto pinwheels today!
Ingredients
- 1 bunch ramps
- ½ cup other mild greens (spinach, for example)
- ⅓ cup grated pecorino cheese
- ⅓ cup shelled pistachios
- 1 sheet puff pastry
- 1 egg
- olive oil
- salt, pepper
Instructions
- Saute the ramps (keep them whole - stem and all!) lightly in olive oil.
- Chop them in half and combine with greens, cheese, pistachios, and a few tablespoons of olive oil in a mini chopper or food processor. Pulse until smooth. In a separate bowl, combine egg and pesto and stir together until smooth.
- Preheat oven to 400F. Roll out puff pastry on a piece of parchment paper. Spread pesto over the pastry evenly, leaving a half inch border all around. Roll pastry gently, like a jelly roll, then slice into even pieces, about a finger width each.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes until golden.
Darya says
May 27, 2017 at 5:47 amOh Ksenia, this must be so delicious, I could eat the whole batch myself for sure. Wild “ail des ours” is no longer in season here but I have a jar of leaves I fermented last year… wondering whether that might work for some lovely pinwheels.
saffronandhoney says
May 27, 2017 at 10:30 pmThank you, Darya! How nice to find out what ramps are called in French 🙂
betsyb says
May 30, 2017 at 10:24 pmThese look so inviting and perfectly puffed. What an inventive use for ramps!
saffronandhoney says
June 7, 2017 at 8:34 pmI miss ramp season already!