Salsa Verde

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 ounces flat leaf parsley
• 1 ounce mint
• 1 ounce basil
• 4 small dill pickles
• 2 tablespoons green olives, chopped
• 1 tablespoon capers packed in salt, rinsed
• 3 anchovies packed in oil, drained (optional)
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 tablespoon wine vinegar
• 2/3 cup olive oil
• fresh ground pepper
• 1 pinch sugar

Recipe

• 1 strip the leaves from the herbs and put in a food processor with all the other ingredients, apart from the pepper and sugar.
• 2 blitz to a coarse sauce - don't make it too smooth.
• 3 alternatively, chop the dry ingredients by hand before mixing with the oil and vinegar, to give a lovely, chunky texture.
• 4 season with pepper and sugar (you shouldn't need salt because of the olives, anchovies and capers).
• 5 use immediately.