Ramps: Raw

The ramp season is very, very short—generally about three weeks. At least one day out of those twenty-one I try to spend digging, cleaning, and preserving buckets of ramps. This is not a romantic affair; I generally do it begrudgingly. But in the middle of the summer, when I pop some ramp pesto out of the freezer for a very, very quick dinner, I always feel grateful to past Abra for making current Abra’s life a lot easier. #treatyourfutureself.

It might be very common practice at this point to freeze things like pesto in ice cube trays so that they are a manageable size when you want to use them. In practice, this ramp pesto needs a dedicated ice cube tray, as it will make your trays smell a good deal—not a problem when freezing other savory things, but not the best if you will ever be making ice cubes again.