I love a good pesto. And yes, mixing up ingredients is perfectly acceptable (ask @clareartista and @vincentnijman about their nettle pesto) - I tend to use pepitas as they're cheap or maybe sunflower seeds! I do wish I had a good blender though...
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Mmmmm, yum! Yes - lovely post, @stortebeker and @riverflows - aye; we make pesto with pestel & mortar, using all kinds of stuff we find in our garden, kitchen and the wilds... lately, si, with nettles to pad out our meagre basil supplies: nomnom!
I'm looking forward to experimenting with different greens coming up on our land 😍🙌🤗 and with flowers too 😋🥳
First time I made pesto I used a mortar too. It's pretty common here in Mexico, for making salsa (which, let's face it, is just another form of pesto). But very quickly I switched to the blender, for obvious reasons. Nettles are yummie, but I love your idea of making whatever-pesto: whatever happens to be growing, greens and flowers.
Ohhh, I really should try the pepitas! Or other seeds and nuts. Really, there are so many new tastes waiting to be discovered. When I first used walnuts, they were supposed to be a cheap alternative to the pine nuts. But the pecans I now use have their own flavor, which I like a lot. But pumpkin seeds taste so nice too, I really should try it them next time!