Almond Pesto Recipe

Almond Pesto Recipe is so delicious, creamy, and easy to make. Full of herbs and healthy ingredients means is packed with numerous antioxidants, which will help you to stay healthy.

Pesto or pesto alla Genovese is one of the most popular pasta toppings in Italy. It is a vibrant, garlicky green sauce that originated in Italy, specifically from Genoa. It’s good on just about everything, like pasta, salads or sandwiches.

It traditionally consists of crushed garlic, European pine nuts, coarse salt, basil leaves, and hard cheese such as Parmigiano-Reggiano (Parmesan Cheese) all blended in olive oil.

Pesto is traditionally prepared with a mortar and pestle. Nowadays, it’s far more common to use a blender or food processor to make homemade pesto.

Pesto Sauce has a bright and intense, salty and garlicky taste and it’s the world’s second most popular sauce, known for its versatility. It has many variations like using walnuts instead of pine nuts, or almonds.

Almond Pesto Recipe is known for being the Sicilian variety (Pesto Alla Trapanese) of pesto sauce.

It contains many nourishing ingredients, which makes it healthy and delicious. Being high in fat and calories means we have to consume it in moderation.

Ingredients for the pesto sauce

• Almond – I like making it with almonds because it just seems to have almonds in my pantry most of the time. But originally from Italy is made with pine nuts. You can also substitute with walnuts.
• Garlic
• Fresh Basil
• Salt and Pepper
• Parmigiano-Reggiano – as a substitute use Roman Cheese
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Italians are very strict with their food, any kind, which means the ingredients are all fresh. I also recommend using the freshest ingredients that you have at home to make the originally bright and intense flavor.

How to make Almond Pesto Recipe

1. Place the almonds on a baking sheet and roast them until they are golden brown.
2. Add the almonds and garlic to a food processor and process them until are finely chopped. Then add all the other ingredients to the food processor and process until it is smooth and creamy.
3. Use the Almond Pesto Recipe immediately or you can place it in a jar and store it in a fridge.

So easy and fast to make this recipe and you’ll have a healthy Italian pesto sauce. You can freeze it or store it in a fridge to have it ready for later.

It offers high amounts of omega-3, which are reducing the risk of heart disease and strokes. It is packed with antioxidants, a good source of antioxidants, just to mention.

Helps lower cholesterol levels, is also good for skin health and has healthy fats.

More Italian Pasta Recipes

• Vegan Gigi Hadid Pasta a.k.a. the Spicy Vodka Pasta (without vodka)