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Carrot top pesto

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Carrot top pesto - Use them as you would parsley, or in place of parsley in recipes. Strip the leaves from the tough stems, add them to stock or soup, put them in salads, or make chimichurri. Or make this carrot top pesto. I promise you this pesto will change your mind forever about carrot greens. The origin of my particular carrot top pesto recipe was the same friend who helped me create my black garlic vinaigrette.

Carrot top pesto

To make the pesto, start by cutting off the carrot tops and washing the leaves.

Pat dry using a kitchen towel, and place in a food processor.

You can have Carrot top pesto using 5 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients make Carrot top pesto

  1. Prepare 1 punnet carrot tops.
  2. It's 1 handful basil leaves (you can also use coriander for a different flavour).
  3. Prepare 1 handful walnuts (you can also use pine nuts like the classic pesto).
  4. You need 1 handful grated Parmesan.
  5. It's Olive oil.

Carrot top pesto instructions

  1. Take the carrot top and wash them throughly. Add them into a mixer together with the nuts, the parmesan and the basil. Don’t add the oil yet because the mixing action can alter the flavour..
  2. Mix everything together until you get a smooth-ish mixture. Add a tiny little bit of water if you need to..
  3. Put it in a jar together mixing in the oil until it covers the pesto mixture..

Carrot top pesto - Pesto made with carrot tops instead of basil can be used any way that you use regular basil-containing pesto, such as: As a pasta sauce: make carrot top pesto pasta with your favorite noodle (I love bucatini) As a meat or fish topping: add carrot top pesto to salmon, chicken, pork, or beef As a dip or sauce: use carrot top pesto inside hummus or as a dipping sauce for. In a food processor, pulse together the walnuts and garlic. Add the carrot tops, basil, lemon, salt & pepper. Pulse again, then add ¼ cup olive oil and pulse until combined. Carrot Top Pesto the no food waste answer to pesto. Easy to make and delicious on pasta, in a salad on vegetables. Use in place of regular pesto. Thank you and good luck