5-Minute Vegan Pesto

Name: 5-Minute Vegan Pesto
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: ['6', '6 servings']
Cuisine: italian
Ingredients: 3 cups fresh basil leaves; 0.66666668653488 cup olive oil; 0.25 cup pine nuts; 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast; 2 cloves garlic; 0.5 teaspoon salt; 0.25 teaspoon ground black pepper

⏱ 5 mins 🍽 ['6', '6 servings'] 🌶 italian

This simple Italian pesto is completely vegan and comes together in moments. Using fresh basil, pine nuts and nutritional yeast, it creates a rich, flavourful sauce ideal for dressing pasta, topping pizzas or enhancing salads. The entire process takes only 5 minutes from start to finish, requiring just a handful of ingredients and a food processor.

Ingredients

3 cups fresh basil leaves
0.66666668653488 cup olive oil
0.25 cup pine nuts
2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
2 cloves garlic
0.5 teaspoon salt
0.25 teaspoon ground black pepper

Method

Place the fresh basil leaves, olive oil, pine nuts, nutritional yeast, garlic, salt, and ground black pepper into a food processor bowl.
Pulse the mixture in the food processor until it reaches a smooth consistency.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories259 kcal

Fat27 g

Protein3 g

Sodium196 mg

Recipe details

Cuisineitalian

AuthorFioa