The home made paste was sold at the Queen’s Park farmer’s market
They can leave a nasty taste in the mouth when you get stung by them.
But inventive chefs in Brent have found a new, tasty use for stingy nettles – pesto.
Members of the environmental group Transition Kensal to Kilburn, handpicked nettles from Kensal Green cemetery in Harrow Road, and ground them down into a pesto to sell at Queen’s Park Farmer’s Market, in Salusbury Road.
The paste proved a hit with foodies with jars flying off the shelf.
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