Vegan Pesto Sauce

Course: Sauce

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: Pesto, Sauce, Vegan

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 0

Blend time: 2

Total Time: 7

Servings: ounces

Calories: 211kcal

Author: Those Vegan Chefs

Vegan pesto sauce should be a simple sauce to make, after all, it's basil, extra virgin olive, garlic, and pine nuts, however, with a few adjustments in ingredients and method, we can make a vegan pesto that you will want to put on everything. Walnuts make this pesto stand out as a vegan pesto. It is challenging to replace Parmesan cheese just by using plants. The walnuts bring creaminess and earthiness, and the one thing that I think is the most important is a gentle amount of bitterness and a hint of sharpness, these are the very same flavor profiles of Parmesan cheese.

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Equipment

1 High Speed Blender

Ingredients

¼ cup water
½ cup walnuts baking pieces
2-4 garlic cloves fresh peeled
½ tsp salt kosher
¼ tsp red chili flakes
2 Tbsp nutritional yeast
¾ cup olive oil extra virgin
4 cups basil leaves, fresh

Instructions

How to make vegan pesto

Place the water, walnuts, garlic, salt, red chili flakes, and nutritional yeast in the blend, slowly start to puree the mixture, and slowly add the extra virgin olive oil, it should only take about 20 seconds to emulsify the extra virgin olive oil.
Add the basil leaves, puree until smooth, about 15- seconds, remove from blender, and cool in the refrigerator until time to use.

Notes

Nutritional values are an estimate.

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