Green Pea and Arugula Spread

This bright green pea and arugula appetizer or sandwich spread will bring springtime to your palate, but it can be enjoyed year-round. Serve as an appetizer with sliced baguette or bruschetta; as a sandwich spread with sliced cucumber and/or radish. Alternatively, you can also use this is a dip for raw vegetables — try a mixture of cauliflower florets, red bell pepper strips, baby carrots, and snap peas. This makes about 2 cups.

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Author: Nava

Recipe type: Appetizer / Dip / Spread

Cuisine: Healthy

Prep time: 25 mins

Total time: 25 mins

Serves: 8 to 10

This bright green pea and arugula appetizer or sandwich spread will bring springtime to your palate, but it can be enjoyed year-round.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 to 3 big handfuls baby arugula, plus more for serving
½ cup chopped toasted cashews or almonds
1 cup thawed green peas, steamed until just done and still bright green
1 tablespoon lemon juice, or to taste
2 tablespoons minced fresh dill, plus more for serving
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

For serving

Slices of baguette or bruschetta
Baby arugula leaves
Sliced radishes and/or cucumber
Small fresh dill sprigs

Instructions

Heat the oil in a medium skillet. Sauté the onion and garlic slowly over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, until nicely browned.
Add the arugula with a splash of water, cover, and steam for just a minute or so, until it wilts.
Place the toasted nuts of choice in the container of a food processor. Process until ground down to a fine meal.
Add the onion and arugula mixture along with the remaining ingredients to the food processor. Process until smoothly pureed, scraping down the sides as needed. Add small amounts of water as need be to loosen the mixture.
Scrape the mixture into a serving bowl. Surround with baguette slices, extra arugula leaves, sliced radishes and/or cucumber, and dill sprigs with which to embellish individual servings.
Store any unused portion in an airtight container, where it will keep in the refrigerator for several days.