Pesto
Classic basil sauce. Also known as pistou.
HIGH
Energy Density
4.6kcal/g
4.6kcal/g
HIGH
Fat
14G / serving
14G / serving
HIGH
Saturates
1.7G / serving
1.7G / serving
LOW
Sugars
0.1G / serving
0.1G / serving
LOW
Salt
0.1G / serving
0.1G / serving
LOW
Fibre
0.4G / serving
0.4G / serving
Suitable for:FreezerHalalKetogenicLong-lifePartyPescetarianPregnancyQuickVeganVegetarian
As I don't eat cheese, I tend to home-make lots of things and look for non-cheese versions, which is harder these days as I don't wnt vegan or processed alternatives, just to avoid the lactose! The French have a version of pesto called pistou that inspired me to come up with a cheese free pesto recipe.
Preparation
- Blitz the pine nuts in a blender until fine
- If using cheese add this next and blitz again
- If using any other optional ingredients add these and blitz again
- Then add the basil and blitz again
- Drizzle the olive oil in whilst still blitzing
- Finally add the lemon and salt
- This will last for up to 2 weeks in the fridge, また can be frozen to store for longer.
Notes
- For interesting varieties try adding 3 sun dried tomatoes, a toasted jalapeño, a pinch of nutritional yeast, or a dried red chilli
Ingredients
- 40g toasted pine nuts
- 1 clove garlic
- 40g fresh basil
- 60ml extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- Pinch salt
- Pinch ground black pepper
- 60g grated parmesan
Equipment
Nutritional Facts
- Serving size: 28.2G
- (5% / 6%) Calories: 129kcal
- (25%)Total fat: 14G
- (9%) Saturated fat: 1.7G
- (%) Unsaturated fat: 0G
- Mono: 0G
- Poly: 0G
- (0%) Cholesterol: 0mg
- Trans Fat: 0G
- (1%)Total carbohydrates: 1.8G
- Starch: 0G
- (0%) Sugars: 0.1G
- Sucrose: 0G
- Glucose: 0.1G
- Maltose: 0G
- Lactose: 0G
- Fructose: 0.1G
- Galactose: 0G
- (2%) Fibre: 0.4G
- (2%)Protein: 1.2G
- Salts
- (1%) Sodium: 23mg
- (2%) Potassium: 65mg
- Minerals
- Calcium: 1%
- Iron: 7%
- Zinc: 1%
- Magnesium: 1%
- Phosphorus: 1%
- Copper: 0%
- Manganese: 1%
- Selenium: 1%
- Fluoride: 0%
- Cryptoxanthin: 3mg
- Lycopene: 0%
- Lutein: 0.4G
- Vitamins
- Vitamin A: 18µG
- Thiamin (B1): 0%
- Riboflavin (B2): 0%
- Niacin (B3): 1%
- Vitamin B5: 0%
- Vitamin B6: 0%
- Folate (B9): 1%
- Vitamin B12: 0%
- Choline: 0%
- Vitamin C: 6%
- Vitamin D: 0%
- Vitamin E: 1%
- Vitamin K: 28%
- Arginine: 8mg
- Aspartic Acid: 20mg
- Glutamate: 19mg
- Glycine: 8mg
- Proline: 7mg
- Serine: 7mg
- Tyrosine: 5mg
- Alanine: 9mg
- Cystine: 2mg
- Amino Acids
- Histidine: 3mg
- Isoleucine: 7mg
- Leucine: 13mg
- Methionine: 2mg
- Phenylalanine: 9mg
- Threonine: 7mg
- Tryptophan: 3mg
- Valine: 9mg
- Lysine: 7mg
- Betaine: 0mg
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