Celery Leaves: Recipes for Pesto and Fritters

What to do with celery leaves ? This vegetable is always in the fridge; we use it to make soups, to flavor various dishes, and even in DIY recipes like homemade vegetable stock . Celery leaves are a healthy and light raw material for preparing delicious recipes: don't waste them!

Pesto with celery leaves

Excellent for seasoning pasta or filling crostini. Try it with steamed fish. It couldn't be easier!

• Preparation time: 15 minutes
• Cooking time: 5 minutes
• Difficulty: Low

Ingredients for 4 people)

• 100 g of celery leaves
• 50 g of shelled almonds
• 50 grams of parmesan cheese
• a pinch of coarse salt
• a splash of juice Lemon;
• extra virgin olive oil to taste

Preparation

• Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until you obtain a creamy mixture.

Fritters with celery leaves

Delicious as an appetizer or main course: one leads to another.

• Preparation time: 10 minutes
• Cooking time: 15 minutes
• Difficulty: Low

Ingredients

• 100 g of celery leaves
• 5 tablespoons flour
• water needed to obtain a thick but rather liquid batter
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 spoons of parmesan
• 2 tablespoons of pecorino cheese
• 1 egg
• Seed oil for frying

Preparation

• Clean the celery leaves and chop them roughly with scissors or a knife.
• Separately prepare the batter with the flour, water, cheeses (if you prefer more delicate flavors, use only Parmesan, 5 tablespoons in total), the egg and salt.
• Finally, add the celery leaves.
• Remember that for a perfect result, the celery leaves must prevail in quantity compared to the batter, which should serve more as a "glue".
• Fry the fritters (create them by taking spoonfuls of the mixture) in boiling seed oil.

Read also:

• Recipes with radish leaves
• Homemade pesto recipe
• Cauliflower Soup: A Recipe with Leftovers
• Vegetable puree: how to reuse leftovers
• Pasta frittata, a recipe made with leftovers. Make sure the first layer is golden brown.

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