Vegan Broccoli pesto
This is a must make! This pesto is super easy to make with very few ingredients! And it makes you eat your greens without even noticing it! Creamy dairy-free and nut-free green pesto!
Broccoli: A medium broccoli head is ideal a serving of 2-3 pax. A large one would probably feed 4 servings. You can keep a few of the boiled broccoli fleurets for decoration of your dish.
Basil: The fresh basil is what brings most of the flavour in this dish. The recommended amount is 100g, but you can adjust according to your preferences. Once again, keep 2-3 leaves for decoration!
Pasta: Obviously, you can easily make this recipe gluten-free by choosing the correct pasta. I would recommend for this dish to use a gluten-free pasta made from corn, rice or quinoa. They have a mild taste than the one made of lentils and chickpeas.
Olive Oil: Olive Oil brings a little extra flavour and make the pesto even smoother. However, if you don’t have olive oil just skip this step. Other oils would not do the job. Add more pasta water if needed instead.
Vegan Broccoli pesto recipe
Servings
2
Preparation time
5 min
Cooking
time
10 min
total time
15 min
Ingredients
- 1 broccoli head
- 100g of fresh basil
- Salt
- Pepper
- 2 tablespoons of Olive Oil
- 5 tablespoons of pasta water
- 180g-240g of pasta
Instructions
Cut the broccoli into small pieces and boil it until soft.
5 min after starting to boil the broccoli, start boiling your pasta.
Once the broccoli is cooked, remove the water, and put it in a blender. Add the fresh basil, salt, pepper and olive oil to the blender. I recommend adding 5 tablespoons of the pasta water to make the sauce a bit more liquid and ease the blending.
Once your pasta is cooked, remove the water and add your pesto in the pot/pan with the pasta. Stir it and leave it to cook for less than a minute. We just want to make sure that the pesto warns up a bit. Then, it is really to be served! As decoration use some basil leaves and/or broccoli fleurets. You can to it with some parmesan cheese or almond flour as a non-dairy option!
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