Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, vegan basil pesto. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Vegan Basil Pesto is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Vegan Basil Pesto is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
Jump to Recipe - Print Recipe. Classic basil pesto (or pesto alla genovese) is made in a mortar and pestle and typically contains: basil, pine nuts, olive oil, parmesan, garlic, and salt. First things first, the parmesan had to go.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have vegan basil pesto using 5 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Vegan Basil Pesto:
- Make ready Basil Leaves
- Take Chopped Walnut
- Get Olive Oil or as needed to adjust consistency
- Prepare Fresh Garlic
- Prepare Salt
Just fill the pesto in ice cube trays and you have single portions ready any time. Transfer the pesto "ice cubes" in freezer bags after they are frozen. You could also freeze your pesto in an airtight, freezer-safe container. Nuts to use in a basil pesto.
Instructions to make Vegan Basil Pesto:
- Take basil leaves in a bowl and thoroughly wash them with cold water. Place them in colander, keep them aside until water drains out completely.
- Now, in a blender, add basil leaves, walnuts, Garlic, Salt to taste and olive oil. Add Olive oil gradually. First, add 1/4 cup oil and blend them well, if mixture is dry add more olive oil and blend them until you get (smooth paste) the desired consistency for a sauce. You may end up adding more olive oil, but that’s perfectly fine.
- Now, transfer them to mason jar, add olive oil on top (Cover sauce with olive oil) and store them in refrigerator.
- For best taste, make fresh pesto right before making any dish.
This vegan pesto recipe uses walnuts because they're much cheaper than pine nuts. However, you can use any neutral nut you want in this recipe. Pecans would likely work, as would almonds. Steer clear of peanuts and cashews though, as they're too strong in flavor. If you have basil overflowing in your garden, making pesto is a great way to use it.
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