Recipe: Yummy Carrot Top Pesto

Carrot Top Pesto. Carrot tops are high in vitamin C, vitamin K, and potassium. 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.

The origin of my particular carrot top pesto recipe was the same friend who helped me create my black garlic vinaigrette. We were creating a whole Moroccan-inspired feast including glowing Moroccan vegetable stew, salad with vinaigrette, and crostini with almond ricotta and carrot top pesto. I'm sure there was more, but I can't remember, probably because the feast also included copious. You can have Carrot Top Pesto using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Carrot Top Pesto

1. Prepare 1 cup of fresh carrot greens, washed and trimmed.
2. You need 1/4 cup of fresh basil leaves.
3. It's 3 tbsp of unsalted sunflower seeds (shelled).
4. You need 2 clove of garlic, chopped.
5. You need 1/2 tsp of salt (to taste).
6. You need 1 tbsp of lemon juice.
7. It's 1/2 cup of olive oil.
8. You need 1 lb of pasta, cooked.
9. It's 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese (optional).

Toss carrots and vegetable oil on a rimmed baking sheet; season with salt and pepper. 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 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.

Carrot Top Pesto step by step

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..

You could also add basil leaves if you like (recommended!). Leafy Carrot Tops are Useful and Delicious. I'm always looking for easy ways to add some extra vegetables to my diet, as well as to reduce food waste, and when I am fortunate enough to get a bunch of carrots with their tops I always make a batch of this carrot top pesto. Easy recipe for homemade carrot top pesto. Naturally vegan, gluten free and tastes delicious.

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