Butter Board with Spinach Pesto
This Butter Board with Spinach Pesto is an elegant starter featuring fresh spinach leaves blended with Parmesan, roasted cashew nuts and garlic into a vibrant green pesto, served alongside freshly whipped butter. The Thermomix whips double cream until it splits into butter in minutes, then blitzes the pesto to a silky consistency. Finished with Parma ham, it is an impressive sharing appetiser for any gathering.
About this recipe
Butter Board with Spinach Pesto Thermomix TM7 recipes bring the viral sharing-board trend straight to your table in the most effortless way. Instead of buying expensive shop butter, you whip double cream in the mixing bowl with the butterfly whisk until the buttermilk separates, giving you pure, creamy homemade butter in minutes. The all-in-one kitchen machine then transforms fresh spinach leaves, Parmesan cheese, roasted cashew nuts and a garlic clove into a silky, restaurant-style pesto without a single chop by hand. Spread across a wooden board, swirled with pesto and draped with Parma ham, this quick festive starter looks spectacular yet requires hardly any skill. It is ideal for drinks parties, Christmas gatherings or a relaxed weekend aperitif, and guests will love tearing bread and digging straight in.
Preparation tips
- Drain the whipped butter thoroughly and rinse it under cold water until it runs clear, pressing out all buttermilk with a spatula; this keeps the butter fresh for longer and prevents it turning sour quickly.
- Chill the butter board slightly before spreading so the butter holds its pretty swirls, then dot the spinach pesto in spoonfuls and drag a skewer through it for a marbled effect guests will admire.
- Toast the cashew nuts in a dry pan beforehand for a deeper, nuttier pesto flavour, and swap Parma ham for dried tomato strips if you prefer a meat-free board everyone can enjoy.
Recipe variations
- Make it fully vegetarian by leaving out the Parma ham and topping the board with sun-dried tomatoes, olives and crispy fried capers for the same salty kick against the creamy butter and pesto.
- For a festive winter version, replace half the spinach with fresh basil and add a touch of lemon zest to the pesto, finishing the board with pomegranate seeds for colour and a sweet burst.
Thermomix TM7 Benefits
- The Thermomix whips double cream into fresh butter automatically while you arrange the serving board. [Hands-Free]
- Butterfly-whisking in the TM7 turns the cream in minutes, separating buttermilk without any manual effort. [Time Savings]
- Your TM7 blends spinach, Parmesan and cashews into a silky pesto directly after whipping. [Multi-Function]
- The Thermomix grinds the roasted cashew nuts finely, giving the pesto a creamy consistency without grainy bits. [Multi-Function]
- Weigh the olive oil and milk straight into the mixing bowl on the TM7 scale for exact pesto balance. [Precision Control]
Ingredients
- double cream
- milk
- Parmesan cheese
- roasted, unsalted cashew nuts
- fresh spinach leaves
- garlic clove
- extra virgin olive oil
- fine sea salt
- ground black pepper
- Parma ham