Mortadella & Smoked Mozzarella Skewers With Pistachio Pesto
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Mortadella & Smoked Mozzarella Skewers With Pistachio Pesto
Recipe By Michael Weldon
Ingredients
Pistachio Pesto
½ bunch fresh basil, leaves picked
½ bunch fresh parsley
¼ cup parmesan, shredded
¼ cup pistachio nuts, roasted
juice from ½ lemon
½ cup Squeaky Gate extra virgin olive oil
sea salt
black pepper
Skewers
300 g sliced mortadella
200 g smoked mozzarella, diced into 2 cm cubes
8 soaked bamboo skewers
Method
In a mortar and pestle, pound the pesto ingredients until smooth.
Cut your mortadella sliced in half to have half circles. Take a piece of mortadella and wrap it around a piece of smoked mozzarella, then skewer it. Repeat this process until you have 3 pieces of each bundle on each skewer.
Heat a grill to medium heat, brush the grill and the skewers with oil and cook on the grill. They will be ready when the mortadella is charred and crisp. The smoked mozzarella should just be starting to melt.
Serve the skewers on a platter, topped with the pesto.
