Avocado Pesto

Submitted by sofie-a-toast

"From chef chloe, This is vegan but you'd never know it - the avocado adds a wonderful creaminess! yield is a guess"

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 1 1/2 cups

ingredients

• 1 bunch fresh basil
• 1⁄2 cup pine nuts
• 2 avocados, pitted and peeled
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1⁄2 cup olive oil
• sea salt
• fresh ground black pepper

directions

1. make the pesto by combining basil, pine nuts, avocados, lemon juice, garlic, and oil in a food processor. Process until smooth. Season generously with salt and pepper.
2. Use on pasta, as a spread on bread, as a sauce for veggies or meat, or in whatever way you see fit!

Reviews

[chuckwalls]

This is a winner. Easy peasy, quick and everyone loved it. I used dried basil - still very good!