Ingredients – 20 pieces

  • 1 cup prepared Warrigal Greens
  • 1 cup Fresh Basil
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • Salt & Pepper
  • 1 teaspoon Lemon Myrtle
  • 1 cup olive oil
  • ½ cup Macadamia nuts
  • ½ cup finely grated parmesan cheese
  • 2 sheets puff pastry
  • ½ cup finely grated parmesan cheese

Method

To make pesto:

  1. Gently roast macadamia nuts
  2. Prepare warrigal greens by blanching leaves for 3 mins. Drain well.
  3. Remove basil leaves from the stems.
  4. Crush garlic
  5. Blend warrigal greens, basil and garlic in a food processor.
  6. Add grated cheese, salt, pepper, lemon myrtle and olive oil. Blend.
  7. Add macadamia nuts and pulse until desired consistency achieved (not too smooth!)
  8. Taste and adjust seasoning.

To make palmiers:

  1. Pre heat oven to 220c and grease/line a baking tray.
  2. Remove plastic paper from puff pastry.
  3. Spread pesto evenly over the pastry slice.
  4. Sprinkle half the parmesan cheese over the pesto.
  5. Tightly roll the pastry into the middle then turn and repeat on the other side.
  6. Slice the roll into 10 pieces and place on baking tray, face up, shaped like a heart.
  7. Top with the rest of the parmesan cheese.
  8. Cook for approx 10-15 mins.