Want To Make The Best Vegan Arugula Pesto

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You will be surprised by the combination of flavors and you are done in no time. Want to learn how you can make the best vegan arugula pesto? Let’s get started!

How To Make Arugula Pesto

1. If you have looked at the basil pesto recipe you get an idea of how to make arugula pesto. You can decide to make it in a kitchen machine or take a pestle and mortar.
2. The kitchen machine is the fastest way to make this arugula pesto. However, if you make it in a pestle and mortar it will get much more flavor.
3. You can toast the pine nuts for a couple of minutes. I know there is a debate about whether or not this has added value.
4. But I like to think that toasted pine nuts add to the overall flavor of the pesto. So warm a small skillet and toast the pine nuts in a dry pan.
5. When you use the kitchen machine, add the pine nuts, garlic cloves, arugula, salt, and pepper to taste. Turn your kitchen machine to medium and let it run so your pesto is created.
6. Add between 2 to 4 tablespoons of good-quality olive oil and let your kitchen machine run until all of the ingredients are properly minced.
7. Ready to serve!

Vegan Pesto Recipe

Arugula has many different or additional names and is popular in a lot of countries. It is lettuce or salad vegetable also known as:

• Eruca sativa
• Simple rocket
• Rocket salad
• Garden rocket
• Colewort
• Roquette
• Rucola
• Rucoli
• Rugula

You can find it mostly in Mediterranean countries like Portugal, Spain, and Morocco but also in the Middle East.

It is an annual plant with a peppery flavor. There are a lot of ways to use rocket lettuce. E.g. on top of beef carpaccio, in a lettuce salad with mozzarella, tomato, and arugula, or on a pizza once it is baked in the oven.

But you can also make this mean vegan arugula pesto to flavor up your pasta recipes or put it on a sandwich with cheese. There are many ways to add this pesto to your recipes.

How To Store Arugula Pesto

There are multiple ways to store your pesto so you always have fresh pesto. You can:

• Refrigerator – store it in the fridge if you plan on using it in a week. Make sure you cover the pesto with enough oil so that all of it is covered.
• Freezer – you can also store it in the freezer. If you have an ice cube maker fill up the squares with the arugula pesto. That way you can use one or more cubes when you need them.

Have fun with this best vegan arugula pesto recipe!

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Vegan Arugula Pesto

Mireille

Serves: 8 Prep Time: 5 minutes Cooking Time: 0 minutes

This arugula pesto. It is vegan and contains only 4 ingredients. A great condiment to use in your dinner recipes but also on bread or pizza.

Ingredients

• 75-gram arugula
• 25-gram pine nuts
• 2 garlic cloves
• Salt & pepper to taste
• 2-4 tablespoons olive oil

Instructions

1. Toast the pine nuts in a dry skillet until the pine nuts are slightly brown
2. Put the arugula, pine nuts and garlic in a kitchen machine
3. Add salt and pepper to taste
4. Let the kitchen machine run for a minute
5. Add 2 tbsp of olive oil and run again for a minute
6. Add more olive oil if needed

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Nutrition facts

Calories: 55; Fat: 5.7g; Carbs: 1g; Protein: 0.7g;

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