Pedal Powered Pesto at the Grange Navy Yard Dinner

Pedal Powered Basil, and Walnut Pesto

  • 2 cups basil leaves, packed

  • 1/2 cup parsley leaves

  • 1/2 cup parmesan cheese

  • 1/2 cup walnuts 

  • 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds

  • 2 small garlic cloves, mortar and pestle with 1 teaspoon salt, lemon juice 

  • 1/2 cup olive oil

  • juice of lemon, salt, pepper to taste


Kale, Almond, Pumpkin Seed Pesto (dairy free)

  • 1 bunch Lacinato (dinosaur) kale, leaves only, blanched in salt water 2 minutes

  • 1 cup parsley leaves

  • ½  cup pumpkin seeds

  • ¼ cup roasted almonds

  • 1 lg. garlic clove, mortar and pestle with 1 teaspoon salt, squeeze of lemon juice

  • 2 cloves roasted garlic 

  • ¾  cup olive oil

  • 6 Castelvetrano olives, flesh only

  • ¼  preserved lemon, no seeds

  • Roasted arbol chili

  • Salt, pepper, lemon juice to taste

Build Any Pesto:

  • Umami (garlic)

  • Acid (lemon) 

  • Herbaceous (herbs)  

  • Body/Sweet (nuts, seeds)  

  • Emulsifier/Oil 

Dips/PestoKate Zuckermanbasil walnut pestoComment