Vegan Pesto, Ligurian-Style

Name: Vegan Pesto, Ligurian-Style Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 3 mild garlic cloves (remove any green part); 1/4 cup pignoli (pine nuts) preferably Italian not Chinese; 1/2 teaspoon sea salt; 2 cups basil leaves (chose small tender leaves) packed; 1/4 cup Ligurian olive oil (find in your gourmet store)

Minutes to Prepare: 10

Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

3 mild garlic cloves (remove any green part)1/4 cup pignoli (pine nuts) preferably Italian, not Chinese1/2 teaspoon sea salt2 cups basil leaves (chose small tender leaves), packed1/4 cup Ligurian olive oil (find in your gourmet store)

Directions

Either using a mortar and pestle or a food processor, combine all ingredients to a smooth paste. Toss with hot, cooked pasta, adding a little hot pasta water to thin pesto slightly and coat the pasta. Buon apppetito!

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SUNNYH99.

Servings Per Recipe: 4

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