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🍽️ Light Pesto
51 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 20 g pine nuts
- 2 garlic cloves
- 3 tbsp white beans (can)
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 3 bunch basil
- 25 g parmesan (1 piece)
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- 1. Heat a pan without oil or butter.
- 2. Roast the pine nuts until golden brown.
- 3. Remove the pine nuts from the pan and set them aside.
- 4. Peel the garlic clove.
- 5. Chop the garlic coarsely.
- 6. Rinse the beans in a colander under cold water.
- 7. Let the beans drain well.
- 8. Place the roasted pine nuts, beans, and garlic in a tall container.
- 9. Add the olive oil.
- 10. Blend the mixture briefly with a hand blender.
- 11. Wash the basil.
- 12. Shake the basil dry.
- 13. Pluck the leaves from the stems.
- 14. Chop the basil leaves coarsely.
- 15. Add the chopped basil leaves to the puree mixture.
- 16. Blend everything briefly again.
- 17. Grate the Parmesan finely.
- 18. Stir the Parmesan into the pesto.
- 19. Season the pesto with salt and pepper.
- 20. Use the pesto immediately or fill it into a screw-top jar.
- 21. Store the pesto in the refrigerator.
- 22. Consume the pesto within 2 to 3 days.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 51
- Protein: 2 g · Fett/Fat: 4 g · Carbs: 1 g