Name: Green Pesto
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Makes over 100 g pesto
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 3 tbsp pine nuts; 3 tbsp nutritional yeast; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 4 garlic cloves (skin on); 70 g fresh basil leaves

Preparation info

Makes over
100 g
pesto

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
20 min

Appears in

So Vegan in 5

By Roxy Pope and Ben Pook

Published 2018

About

This awesome pesto just never gets boring. It’s quick and easy to make, and you can combine it with pastas, pizzas, salads, soups and so much more. We prefer to roast the garlic, which reduces any unwanted bitterness and leaves a more aromatic sweet flavour.

Ingredients

4 garlic cloves (skin on)
3 tbsp pine nuts
2 tbsp lem

Europe
Italy
Sauce
Mediterranean
Vegan

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas mark 6.

Place the garlic cloves on a baking tray. Drizzle them with a small splash of olive oil and roast in the oven for

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