Pistachio Pesto

With the range of pesto available, the most widely known would be the traditional combination of basil, pine nuts, parmesan, garlic and olive oil. It’s universal and popular across all ages and cultures and synonymous with Italian cooking.

My mum would certainly abide with the above ingredients and would consider any other variation sacrilegious. Her nonna wisdom would declare anything else is just not real pesto and who would I be to disagree with her – pesto certainly has it’s own cultural identity – its iconic to Italians as pasta is.

My cooking style borrows from “nonna” but is adapted accordingly to suit my own taste, diet and health practices.

I’ve retained the classic ingredients of basil, parmesan and olive oil but made pistachio nuts the main ingredient.

Since making this , it’s been eaten tossed through pasta, as a dip, spread as a sauce on vegetables and fish, used as a tapenade slathered on fresh crusty bread and as bruschetta topping.



Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Serves: 380g Jar

Ingredients
½ Cup shelled pistachio nuts
¼ Cup blanched almonds
Handful fresh basil leaves
¼ Cup grated parmesan cheese
1 Teaspoon lime zest
2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Pinch of sea salt

Method






Notes
The inclusion of garlic is optional in this recipe.

I suffer from chronic heartburn and indigestion when eating food with garlic and avoid eating or cooking with it. However, for all you garlic lovers out there, be sure to include in your version of this recipe !



Categories
#pesto
#basil
#pistachio
#clean_eating
#gluten_free
#egg_free
#paste
#dip
#sauce
#vegan
#nuts
#herbs
#italian
#healthy_fats
#nutrients

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