Vegan Pesto

Recipe for pesto in your vegan version. The originally contains parmesan pesto, this vegan recipe we make cheese flavor of yeast, getting the characteristic taste of pesto, with his intense taste of basil.

Difficulty: Easy

Preparation: 5 min.

Ingredients 1 cup

• 2 cups fresh basil (gently pressed)
• 12 cup pine nuts (other options are walnuts or almonds)
• 1 or 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 12 cup extra virgin olive oil
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 tbsp. Lemon juice
• 3 tablespoons yeast

Preparation

We put the basil, pine nuts and garlic in a food processor or blender (you can also do it with mortar). We process the mixture well until not quite ground. A coarse grind enough for us.

Then slowly add olive oil while we keep grinding it. Salt and pepper and add the lemon and yeast. We grind everything together a little more to achieve the ideal texture.
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Store in the refrigerator.


We can use the pesto for some pasta or spread on sandwiches and snacks.

Recipe Amounts provide approximately pesto cup.

The pesto sauce is a native of Italy there are some variants. It usually takes some garlic and tomato in some cases. Make tests with different ingredients to find the version of pesto that you like.