Carrot Top Pesto
Carrot Top Pesto

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, carrot top pesto. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Carrot Top Pesto is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Carrot Top Pesto is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

This carrot top pesto has a bright and fresh spring flavor and is great anywhere ordinary pesto is used. Use the whole carrot and create something amazing! You know I'm no stranger to making the.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook carrot top pesto using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Carrot Top Pesto:
  1. Get 1 cup fresh carrot greens, washed and trimmed
  2. Make ready 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves
  3. Get 3 tbsp unsalted sunflower seeds (shelled)
  4. Get 2 clove garlic, chopped
  5. Make ready 1/2 tsp salt (to taste)
  6. Take 1 tbsp lemon juice
  7. Prepare 1/2 cup olive oil
  8. Get 1 lb pasta, cooked
  9. Make ready 1/2 cup parmesan cheese (optional)

Naturally vegan, and a great way to avoid throwing those tops away! Trim carrot tops, leaving some stem attached. I always hate wasting the carrot. Utilize carrot tops in a fun and flavorful way with this delicious carrot top pesto!

Steps to make Carrot Top Pesto:
  1. Place greens, basil, seeds, garlic, salt, and lemon juice in a food processor/chopper or blender.
  2. Process, gradually adding the olive oil, until the components are chopped fine and blended.
  3. Toss, a tablespoon at a time, with hot cooked pasta. Add parmesan cheese, if desired.
  4. Store any leftover pesto in the refrigerator. It will keep for a couple of weeks. Since the cheese is added later, you can also freeze it.

Made with fresh carrot leaves, cilantro, pumpkin seeds and Parmesan, this pesto is herby and savory! Of course, carrot top pesto was one of the first things that came to mind. And I'm still kickin' after whipping up this carrot top pesto recipe, so I'm going to take that as a good sign. Carrot Top Pesto is easy to make and super delicious. It's the best way to use all the pretty spring carrots with the greens on top!

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