A few weeks ago my friend Cindy brought me 15 champagne mangoes, baby bok choy and a bag of garlic scapes. Mangoes and bok choy were consumed pretty quickly. Garlic scapes sat in my refrigerator for several weeks. They were headed towards the land of dead produce....
....until I decided to make a fake pesto. You see, regular pesto is made from basil, pine nuts and parmesan cheese with some olive oil. But I'm not someone who must make typical, by-the-book recipes. Instead, I decided to use garlic scapes, leftover parsley from testing recipes for Robyn Webb and some almonds I had in the freezer.
Ingredients
1.5 cups garlic scapes, cut into 1 inch pieces
1.5 cups coarsely chopped parsley
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup sliced almonds
2 tablespoons water
salt to taste
Directions
1. In a food processor combine all ingredients till smooth. Adjust salt levels.
So now you have this pretty green and garlicky pesto...what to do with it? Use it in pasta, in scrambled eggs, as a spread for sandwiches or on top of a pizza. Keep in mind that the garlic flavor in this recipe is through the roof!
You can also freeze this fake pesto without a worry since it doesn't have any cheese.
Stay tuned as I'll be posting a few recipe ideas I made with this pesto in the next few days.
6 comments:
I would never ask a question like ' what do I do with Pesto'..I mean whaaat do I doo with Pestoo?? everything will be only better with it :)
And this has garlic and the best green--parsley..lovely and the color is gorgeous too!!
aweosme :)
my little girl loves pesto..I bet she would love this one!
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Nice idea. We make something like this at the restaurant I work in. You are very creative!
I love the vibrant pungency of garlic scapes. I bet this pesto really packs a punch, too.
ooo bottle some of this and send it to me!! pretty please??
Ahh...don't worry about it being "fake." Pesto just means "paste." You can use whatever you want in it. :)
I at first wondered why you called this pesto "vegan." I thought, "isn't all pesto vegan?" But then I realized that it is only the way I make it because I always omit the cheese!
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