
Vegan pesto
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Makes 1 x 250g jar
Make a vegan pesto to add to pasta, pizzas, salads and sandwiches. It will keep in the fridge for up to a week
- Dairy-free
- Egg-free
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
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App onlyOne-pan pesto, chicken & spinach lasagne. This is a premium piece of content available to registered users.
Spaghetti & meatballs
Grilled vegetables with cannellini beans & vegan pesto
Vegan kale pesto pasta
Vegan chickpea curry jacket potatoes
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App onlyOne-pan pesto, chicken & spinach lasagne. This is a premium piece of content available to registered users.
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- 50g pine nuts
- large bunch of basilroughly chopped
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 150ml olive oilplus extra for the jar
- 2 garlic clovesroughly chopped
- ½ lemonjuiced
Nutrition: Per serving
- kcal574
- fat37g
- saturates16g
- carbs9g
- sugars3g
- fibre1g
- protein43g
- salt0.3g
Method
step 1
Toast the pine nuts in a small pan over a low heat for 3-4 mins until golden brown. Set aside to cool.
step 2
Blitz the pine nuts with the remaining ingredients in a food processor until smooth. Season to taste.
step 3
Spoon the pesto into a jar and top with a thick drizzle of olive oil. Will keep stored in the fridge for up to a week.
Comments, questions and tips (11)
Overall rating
DymphnaG
I've made this a number of times and found that tearing the basil is a easier and gives a fuller flavour, also using smoked garlic and the mild olive oil added more layers to the finished pesto. Always a favourite with my friends, I even make up jars as gifts.
lane631
The yeast flake taste was quite strong and I wish if I’d known that a big bunch of basil is 100g. But still tasted great. Next time I’ll use the correct amount of basil and a little less of the yeast flakes. I went for 100ml of oil too and that seemed fine.
danmossY7jutyqc
How much basil is a “large bunch of basil”? Everything else is so exact.

goodfoodteam
Hi, thanks for your question. A large bunch of basil is around 100g (some supermarkets sell small 30g bags and larger 100g bags). We hope this helps. Best wishes, BBC Good Food Team.
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ireneay1
Way too oily - too much oil