I’m both frugal and resourceful. And since I love greens so much, I never throw away the green tops from root vegetables. Radish greens, beet greens, and turnip greens are among my favorites. I’ll often saute them with garlic and eat them as a side dish. But, I also love to experiment with greens, which is how I came up with this recipe for pesto using radish greens. However, instead of using this unusual pesto the usual way, i.e., in a pasta dish, I spread it onto ciabatta bread to create an Italian muffuletta-style sandwich. The pepperiness of the radish greens pesto complements the prosciutto, capocolla, and salami very nicely. There’s also shaved parmesan. And the radishes themselves get sliced up for a nice crunch in the sandwich. This is the kind of meaty sandwich you can sink your teeth into while getting in your greens.

Get the recipe for the radish greens pesto on my blog Gastronomer’s Guide:
https://www.gastronomersguide.com/2012/05/radish-greens-pesto.html

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00:00 Introduction
01:31 Prepping the radishes and toasting the almonds
05:59 Making the pesto
10:35 Assembling the sandwich
15:10 The finished sandwich and the tasting

Credits:
Host, creator, writer, producer, cook, and video editor: Joseph Erdos
Video, audio, and lighting: Tom Reményi
Music: Bob Hart, “Le Coquin”