Beet Green Pesto
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Beet Green Pesto is another one of those simple dishes using the beet green stems and leaves of beetroot. These stems and leaves are lush in colour and taste. What I love about this Beet Green Pesto is the roasted pumpkin seeds and garlic cloves. Just add pasta and you have a colourful delicious dish perfect for Spring.
Author: Edward Daniel
Recipe type: Vegan Main, Vegan Starter
Cuisine: Vegan, Paleovegan, Paleo
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 50g pumpkin seeds
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 2tbs olive oil
- 500g beet greens (beetroot leaves and stems)
- 50g olive oil
- 10g nutritional yeast
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Soak the pumpkin seeds in filtered water about 30 minutes. Drain, place in baking dish with the garlic and coat with olive oil
- Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 180 degrees Celsius or if you have a fan oven 160 degrees Celsius.
- Bake the pumpkin seeds for about 10 minutes, and remove. Leave the garlic to roast for a further 10 minutes. Set to one side.
- In a blender, place the beet greens with the peeled garlic and half the pumpkin seeds, 50g olive oil, nutritional yeast. Whizz. Remove the beet green mixture and place in a mixing bowl with the remaining pumpkin seeds and season to taste.
- Serve with pasta.
