Remember a few weeks ago when I shared that delicious homemade restaurant style pizza dough? Well this is the next piece of the puzzle, a delicious Nut Free Pesto to top that dough with. But pizza isn’t the only thing you can use this delicious pesto for, it would also be perfect for a grilled cheese sandwich or your favorite pasta dish.
Getting start is easy and in just a few minutes you are going to have an amazing pesto sauce.
Remove the woody part of the stems on the basil and parsley.
Add all ingredients into a blender.
Cover the blender and set on low (or blend) option. Blend until smooth.
Note* Start with ½ cup olive oil, you may need a little more. I like my pesto thin for pizza, but thicker for a dip. So if really is personal preference and what you may be using it for.
Use immediately or store in an air tight container in the refrigerator for 1 week.
- 1 large bunch of basil (any type)
- 1 large bunch of parsley
- 1 clove of garlic
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 1 jalapeno, sliced (optional)
- Remove the woody part of the stems on the basil and parsley.
- Add all ingredients into a blender.
- Cover the blender and set on low (or blend) option. Blend until smooth.
- Start with ½ cup olive oil, you may need a little more. I like my pesto thin for pizza, but thicker for a dip. So if really is personal preference and what you may be using it for.
- Use immediately or store in an air tight container in the refrigerator for 1 week.
This looks delicious (beautiful photos too)! I love Pesto, but with my sons tree nut allergy I had given up on having it in the house anytime in the foreseeable future. Oh the Hope this gives! 🙂 Thanks for sharing. I found your recipe at A Bouquet of Talent link party. Pinning!
I love pesto! Love the nut free alternative idea. Thanks for sharing!
I can hardly wait until my basil is grown enough to start making pesto. Thanks for sharing on the Creative K Kids Tasty Tuesdays Linky Party. I hope you will join us again next week.
What a great recipe and so great to have a seed-/nutless option and I can’t wait to try pesto with jalapeno which is one of my favorite things ever. It sounds delicious!
So delicious and easy there’s no reason not to have some in your fridge at all times! Basil gets me so excited for summer! Thanks for linking up at #SaucySaturdays.
Love the jalapeno in this! 🙂 I didn’t get a chance to stop by last week and tell you thanks for linking up with us at Throwback Thursday! I read every post, but commenting takes a bit longer! 🙂
Mollie