Author Notes: This pesto is so good, you’ll never notice that it’s dairy-free! Nutritional yeast adds cheesy flavor. Serve this in sandwiches, with pasta, or as a topping for thickly sliced heirloom tomatoes. —Gena Hamshaw
Makes: 1 generous cup
Prep time: 20 min
Ingredients
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2
cups tightly packed fresh basil
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1/2
cup walnuts or pine nuts
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2
cloves garlic, roughly chopped
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1/2
cup extra-virgin olive oil
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1
pinch sea salt and freshly ground pepper, plus more to taste
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1
tablespoon lemon juice
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3
tablespoons nutritional yeast
Directions
- Place the basil, walnuts or pine nuts, and garlic in a food processor fitted with the S blade. Pulse to combine, until the mixture is coarsely ground.
- Turn the motor on and drizzle the olive oil in a thin stream. Add the sea salt, pepper, lemon, and nutritional yeast, and pulse a few more times to combine.