Best Lemon Dill Pesto Recipes

Lemon-Dill Pesto image

Provided by Scarlett516

Categories Sauces

Time 10m

Yield 2 cups

Number Of Ingredients 6

5 tablespoons walnuts
5 garlic cloves
6 ounces fresh dill, roughly chopped (2-3 cups)
1 large lemon, zest of
1 teaspoon salt
3/4-1 cup rapeseed oil or 3/4-1 cup canola oil

Steps:

Place walnuts and garlic in a food processor and process until finely chopped.
Add the dill, lemon zest, and salt. Process until you have a thick paste.
Continue to process (pulse if your food processor can pulse) while gradually adding the oil until the pesto is the consistency of a thick tomato sauce.
Refrigerate until ready to use.

Dill Lemon Pesto image

Yield Makes about 3/4 cup

Number Of Ingredients 9

3 slices homemade-type white bread, torn into small pieces
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
3 tablespoons water
3/4 cup packed fresh dill (feathery leaves)
3/4 cup packed fresh flat-leaved parsley leaves, washed well and spun dry
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest
1/8 teaspoon sugar
1/3 cup olive oil

Steps:

In a bowl soak bread in lemon juice and water 10 minutes and squeeze out excess liquid between hands. In a food processor blend together bread and remaining ingredients with salt and pepper to taste until smooth. Pesto keeps, surface covered with plastic wrap, chilled, 1 week.

Sauteed Salmon with Dill Lemon Pesto image

Yield Serves 6

Number Of Ingredients 6

a 1 1/2-pound piece salmon fillet with skin
coarse salt to taste
freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 cupdill lemon pesto
1 to 2 tablespoons hot water

Steps:

Pat salmon dry between paper towels and sprinkle with salt and pepper. In a 12-inch non-stick skillet heat oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and sauté salmon, skin side down, 3 minutes. Reduce heat to moderate and cook salmon 4 minutes more. Turn salmon and sauté over moderately high heat 2 minutes. Reduce heat to moderate and cook until just cooked though, about 3 minutes more.
In a food processor blend pesto with 1 tablespoon hot water, adding additional hot water if necessary to reach desired consistency.
Serve pesto over salmon.

FISH (HALIBUT) WITH LEMON DILL PESTO image

Categories Fish

Number Of Ingredients 14

Fresh pesto made with lemon and dill are all you need to make this halibut a crowd pleaser!
Ingredients:
2 (6 oz) halibut fillets
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
Lemon-Dill Pesto
1 cup fresh Italian parsley
1/3 cup fresh dill
1/3 cup slivered almonds, toasted
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
3 Tbsp olive oil
Zest from 1 lemon
1 Tbsp lemon juice

Steps:

Brush halibut with a bit of olive oil, and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill or bake halibut at 450°F for about 20 minutes, or until flakes with a fork. Place pesto ingredients together in a mini food processor and puree until smooth. To serve, place a dollop of pesto on top of each piece of cooked halibut.