What is Arugula Pesto? Nutritional Facts, Calories & Taste

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What is Arugula Pesto?

Arugula pesto is a spicy green spread and sauce for savory foods like pasta, bread, fish, and meat. The pesto is usually smooth or slightly chunky. It is made by blending together fresh arugula leaves, olive oil, parmesan cheese, walnuts, garlic, and salt. These are the primary ingredients for any traditional pesto recipe. The flavors here are gently spicy, salty, and savory.

What does Arugula Pesto Taste Like?

Salty

Salty is one of the five main tastes. It has a satisfying and addictive quality with hints of sourness. Salty foods include cheeses, cured meats, chips, and olives. It is used in almost every dish and prepared food. Salt is added to enhance flavor and offer a distinctly salty taste.

Umami

Umami is one of five main tastes. It is savory with a depth of flavor. Umami is a taste in many foods, including meat, seafood, beans, and nuts. It is both naturally occurring and created through the specific use of ingredients to create a satisfying taste. Umami is characteristic of proteins and savory dishes.

Ingredients

arugula

Arugula is a leafy and tender field green with a tender texture. The leaf is small, about the size of baby spinach or slightly bigger, but longer and looks like a spindly oak leaf. The flavor is green and spicy, with a refreshing bite. Arugula is used in salads, omelettes, sandwiches and is commonly served raw, or pan wilted with a touch of oil.

extra-virgin olive oil

Extra virgin olive oil is an extremely popular cooking oil and used raw to drizzle onto a multitude of dishes or mixed into salad dressings. Olives are crushed in a mill and pressed to extract the oil. The color of extra-virgin olive oil is usually a golden-green. The flavor can be mild or sharp, though the sign of a good oil means a bite to the flavor and a spiciness.

parmesan cheese

Parmesan, also called Parmigiano-Reggiano is a type of aged cow's milk cheese. Parmigiano-Reggiano must be made in Italy and is the authentic real deal. Parmesan is extremely similar, but made outside of Italy and may use slightly different methods, depending on the maker and brand. Parmesan or Parmigiano-Reggiano is aged for an average of two years and comes in a wheel shape that is cut into smaller wedges. It has a golden color and a texture than is hard and grainy. The flavor is intense, salty and extremely umami. It perks up many savory food items.

walnuts

Walnuts are technically a seed and not a nut, but are used as a nut in the culinary world. Walnuts have a hard shell around them and a dry skin that surrounds the nut. The shell and skin are removed and the meat of the nut is eaten. Walnuts are a light brown/tan color and have a wrinkled top divided into two halves and resembles a brain. The flavor is mild with hints of tannins and sweetness. They are a rich and fatty nut which imparts an umami taste.

garlic

Garlic is used in cuisines around the world and is extremely popular for its depth of flavor. The garlic bulb forms underneath the soil and is harvested once it reaches maturity. The bulb typically has thin, dry, white and flaky skin, surrounding the individual cloves. Often there are 10-12 cloves to a bulb/head of garlic. The cloves are cream colored with a strong smell and flavor that is spicy and sharp. Garlic takes on a nutty flavor in addition, when cooked. It is used in countless dishes, sauces, breads and more.

salt

Salt is a mineral composed mostly of sodium chloride. It is the main flavoring used in food and is naturally occurring in certain foods, such as cheese, beets, meat and celery, plus many others. Salt is white and has finer granules than sugar. Many commercial salts include iodide, while others exclude it. Most salts are white, while some are naturally pale pink with minerals. Salt brings out the flavor of something and can create a tangy mouthfeel, if used in excess.

Arugula Pesto Nutritional Facts and Calories

Serving Size: 1 tablespoon20g

tablespoon Arugula Pesto

	Amount Per Serving	% Daily Value
Calories	84kcal	4%
Fats	8g	10%
Sat. fats	1g	5%
Mono. Fats	5g	11%
Trans fats	N/A
Carbs	1g	0%
Sugars	N/A
Fiber	0g	0%
Proteins	1g	1%
Cholesterol	2mg	1%
Sodium	138mg	6%

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much protein is in Arugula Pesto?

1 tablespoon of Arugula Pesto contains 1 g of protein.

How many carbs are in Arugula Pesto?

1 tablespoon of Arugula Pesto contains 1 g of carbs.

How much fat is in Arugula Pesto?

1 tablespoon of Arugula Pesto contains 8 g of fat.

How many calories are in 1 tablespoon of Arugula Pesto?

There are 84 calories in 1 tablespoon of Arugula Pesto.

How many calories are in 1 oz of Arugula Pesto?

There are 119 calories in 1 oz of Arugula Pesto.

How many calories are in 1 pound of Arugula Pesto?

There are 1901 calories in 1 pound of Arugula Pesto.