Avocado Pesto

Name: Avocado Pesto
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 1 unit avocado; 1 cup basil; 1 unit lemon; 2 cloves garlic; 1/2 cup parmesan cheese; 1 handful walnut; 3 pinches salt; 4 tbsp water

ekilu Team

“This pesto is amazing. It’s super refreshing, tasty, and oil-free. What’s more, you can use it in lots of different dishes, such as pasta, fish, meat, and appetizers. It’s well worth making.”

ingredients

Difficulty

Easy

Time

10'

Fresh ingredients

avocado

1 unit

basil

1 cup

lemon

1 unit

garlic

2 cloves

parmesan cheese

1/2 cup

Pantry ingredients

walnut

1 handful

salt

3 pinches

water

4 tbsp

Instructions

Squeeze the lemon and set the juice aside.

Wash the basil leaves.

Cut open the avocado, remove the pit, and use a spoon to scoop out the flesh. If the avocado is large, use half. If you have a smaller Hass avocado or similar, use it whole.

Combine the lemon juice, basil, avocado, garlic, walnuts, Parmesan cheese, salt, and water in a food processor.

Blend and serve.