Fresh pesto is delicious. It’s not just for pasta: use it as a sandwich spread or as a sauce for all sorts of food.
- Category: Sauce
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
- 75g washed basil leaves, stalks removed
- 90g pine nuts
- 3 cloves fresh garlic
- ½ teaspoon dried dill
- 100ml olive oil
- 3 tbsp. Engevita nutritional yeast flakes
- 2 tbsp. lemon juice
- Salt, to taste
Method
- Combine the basil, pine nuts and garlic using a hand blender or food processor.
- Slowly add the olive oil and mix together until you have achieved a smooth consistency.
- Add Engevita, lemon juice and salt to taste.
- Refrigerate (or freeze covered with oil) until ready to use.
For a quick meal, cook some pasta and drain it. Put some pesto in a saucepan and warm it through on a medium heat. Add the cooked pasta to the pan and stir to cover the pasta in sauce. Serve sprinkled with a Parmesan substitute such as Grattugiato.
The ingredients in this recipe are available from The V Spot. If this is all too much effort we also sell jars of ready-made pesto.