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Easy Vegan Pesto Recipe

Tasty vegan pesto recipe so you can perfect your favourite pasta or dressing flavours.

Dairy Free
Gluten Free
Vegan
Easy Vegan Pesto Recipe
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Ingredients

For the recipe:
  • 2 large handfuls of tightly packed fresh basil
  • 100g unroasted walnuts or pine nuts
  • 2 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped
  • 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 pinch sea salt and freshly ground pepper, plus more to taste (can use Steenbergs organic perfect salt blend instead)
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast
  • 1 tablespoon Organic Hemp Protein Powder

Thanks to @nikibakes_uk for this tasty plant-based recipe.

Top tip: for a different variation, try adding half basil and half fresh parsley! 

Method

01
Place the basil, walnuts or pine nuts, and garlic in a food processor fitted with the S blade. Pulse to combine, until the mixture is coarsely ground.
02
With the motor on, drizzle in the olive oil in a thin stream. Add the sea salt, pepper, lemon, hemp protein powder, yeast, and pulse a few more times to combine. Taste and adjust the seasoning to taste. This will keep well in the fridge, in a tightly sealed container, for a few days; top the pesto with a layer of olive oil to decrease any browning.