I have italian roots. So it doesn’t come as a surprise that I love pasta. And pasta sauces. Especially pesto! So you can imagine how excited I am each year, when there is a bunch of fresh basil growing in my mums garden. So here is my take on this traditional italian dish. I added in some avocado instead of olive because I mean… avocado. It’s as simple as that. I mix it in with some whole-grain pasta and some cut up sundried tomatoes. Enjoy a raw avocado pesto!
Ingredients:
2 medium avocados
2 handfuls of fresh basil (around 30 g)
3 cloves of garlic minced
2 tablespoons pine nuts
optional: 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
1/2 teaspoon salt
pepper to taste
Instructions:
In your food processor or in a bowl, add in your avocados freshly picked basil, and minced garlic.
Combine all of your ingredients and blend them to a smooth consisteny.
Depending on the softness of your avocados, you might need to add some water to help it blend. (If you are using a regular blender, add your avocados and a little bit of water on the bottom and add the other ingredients on top. This makes the whole process a lot easier!)
Next add in your pine nuts, nutritional yeast (this addes a cheesy touch and some B-vitamins to the pesto, but is optional) and salt and blend for a few seconds.
I like it when there are still some chunks of the pine nuts in there!
Serve with some cooked pasta.
Great recipe. Want to try this Saturday with my wife.
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Owww, that looks good @vegthebowl! I am sure to try out this pesto. I sometimes help out a friend of mine in his Italian Delicatessen Shop and he will be very interested as well :-D
I'll follow you for more delicious recipes.
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