Italian Green Sauce Recipe

kitchen garden parsley

My kitchen garden parsley grew beautifully this year.

And so as winter approached, I had plenty of it left and ready to be harvested.

Something I love to do at the end of a growing season is to make sauces out of herbs.

There’s something really wonderful about being able to pull garden grown sauces out of your freezer during the gloomy winter months. It truly brings me so much joy.

And I have found that meals are so much easier to make when you have some sauces already on hand.

With my kitchen garden parsley harvested along with some chives I had grown as well, I decided to make this Italian Green Sauce.

I spent a couple weeks in Tuscany this fall, and I kept seeing this sauce on store shelves.

I knew I had to make it for myself!

Now, there are many variations of this sauce . This recipe is what I have found to have the best flavor, but I encourage you to make it your own!

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Italian Green Sauce

This sauce is great on grilled or roasted proteins and vegetables! It's a great way to use the parsley growing in your kitchen garden.
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Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Sauce
Cuisine Italian, Mediterranean
Servings 8

Equipment

  • Food Processor

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Garlic Cloves
  • 1 tbsp Dijon Mustard add more to taste
  • 3 tbsp Red Wine Vinegar
  • 1/2 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 2 tbsp Capers in Brine
  • 2.5 cups Fresh Flat-Leaf/Italian Parsley
  • 1 bunch Chives
  • 1/2 Shallot
  • 1/2 Lemon, Juiced
  • Salt & Pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Roughly chop the parsley.
  • Add all ingredients to a food processor and pulse until it is a sauce-like consistency.

Notes

This recipes is very versatile – you can add in other herbs such as basil or mint. Based on your taste preferences, you might want to add in more dijon mustard or red wine vinegar. Taste and adjust as necessary.
Keyword Kitchen Garden Recipe
Lauren the Gardener

It all started with a container and a few herbs in my urban backyard. And several growing seasons later, I’m proving that small spaces can lead to big harvests! If you’re a fellow gardener feeling overwhelmed or uncertain of where to start, you’re not alone. I’ve been there. So, I’ve created this community as a resource because I believe that everyone – regardless of where you live – can grow their own food. I have found so much joy in vegetable gardening, and I know you will too!