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skinnymixer's Red Pesto

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skinnymixer's Red Pesto

 

skinnymixer's Red Pesto

5 from 4 votes
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Course: Condiment
Cuisine: Italian
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 2 minutes
Total Time: 7 minutes
Servings: 25
Calories: 54kcal

Ingredients

  • 170 g semi dried tomato
  • 50 g raw macadamia - or cashew, or pinenut...
  • 40 g olive oil - you can increase to 100 g if you like an oilier/runnier pesto
  • 30 g parmesan cheese - cubed (omit for dairy free)
  • 2 cloves of garlic - peeled
  • 30 g roasted capsicum - jar or roast your own
  • 10 g tomato paste
  • 10 g fresh basil - large bunch
  • 20 g kalamata olive flesh - optional
  • pinch of salt

Instructions

  • Add all ingredients to mixer bowl, blend for 20 sec/speed 5/MC on or until desired consistency is reached.

Notes

Please note: This pesto will last a maximum of 3 days in the fridge due to raw garlic and the risk of botulism.
You can freeze any left over pesto or simply eat with some crackers!
Feel free to adapt this recipe to what you like ie. if you don't like capsicum you can omit. You can also omit the olives and season to taste.
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Nutrition

Serving: 15g | Calories: 54kcal | Carbohydrates: 2.7g | Protein: 1.4g | Fat: 3.8g | Saturated Fat: 0.7g | Sodium: 66mg | Sugar: 2.5g

Alternative Red Pesto Uses:

  • Portion & freeze
  • Scrolls, Pizza Sauce or even a toasted Sandwich with cheese!
  • Savoury crepes (red pesto, ham, shredded cheese, tomato)
  • Use with shredded chicken
  • Eat it as dip, or also mix with cream cheese
  • Kievs (pesto, spinach & cheese), Parmies, Chicken Rissoles
  • Roast lamb crust
  • Stir through Pasta or a Pasta bake (with chicken)
  • Mix through Lunchbox Chicken Loaf
 

  1. Love this – I use pecorino over Parmesan and it’s just so delicious. Thanks for another great recipe Nik!

  2. So tasty! I used it for the chicken salad and was fab! I can see so much potential for this easy, but oh so tasty, little dish.

  3. Needed a quick snack on New Year’s Day when we are all tired and little worse for wear. Whipped up a batch of this and we were dry happy campers, thank you! Need to make a double batch and freeze so I’ve got it ready to use as dip, salad dressing, pizza sauce, to stuff in chicken breasts… So universal!

  4. Like all of Nik’s recipes, this is a winner! Just made it with sunflower seeds as my son has a nut allergy and its delish!

    1. Ohh awesome! My daughter has anaphylaxis to tree nuts too (apart from almonds which I don’t think are ideal for pesto) so I was hoping someone had subbed nuts for seeds with success!

  5. Yum yum yum yum YUM!! Mixed it with cream cheese for a dip and it was amazing.
    Planning to use it in the chicken salad tomorrow

  6. Just made this to add to my salad – halved the ingredients as I didn’t have enough sun dried tomatoes! It was so lovely to have a different tasty quick salad ☺ I added about a T to my lettuce mix, cucumber, beetroot, avocado, tomato and chicken – the flavours were awesome ☺ Thanks Nik for another easy go to recipe to make a healthy lunch be so awesome tasting 😀

  7. I hope this isn’t a silly question – but can you use bottled red capsicum (peppers) or is it better to roast one in the oven?

  8. Pesto so easy to make. Didn’t have sun dried toms cos not really a fan so I semi dried some on a rack in the oven and used those. Delicious. Hasn’t made it to the salad yet, but have had it with feta on crackers, mixed into rice with tomatoes, basil and ham.. May have to make the chicken salad too.

  9. Made this pesto for the skinnymixers redchicken pesto salad and just WOW. The salad was Devine and the pesto was so easy and yum! Leftovers used on a pizza base. Will definitely be making this again. Thank you.

  10. Made this red pesto today to do the red pesto chicken salad. Smells so fresh and yummy and made a huge batch so I have leftovers that I think I might do a combination of dips, bruschetta and scrolls with. Love your recipes so much 🙂

  11. This pesto is so fresh and tasty, my kitchen smelt amazing once I’d whizzed this up to make your red pesto chicken! I love that I have a portion left to freeze and use next time! Yummmmm xx

  12. Ok my 2 boys 11 and 14 came to the table winging and whinging saying errrr you know I hate spinach and err what’s this… well 2 clean plates later and a sorry mum for whinging it was really nice ☺ I’d ssy it was a huge success!

  13. Made this and another 2 dips for Christmas day! This was by far the best dip of the day. Was so yummy we couldn’t resist adding some to our vego pizzas. Thanks for another amazing recipe!

  14. This is amazing! I doubled the recipe, added it to a cooked packet of pasta bow ties, added a bag of baby spinach and refrigerated it. Helllllllllo xmaslunch contribution!! Served 30 people (as a side) with loads of leftovers. So delish

  15. OMG this is delicious. Have made it for potato salad. Cleaned the bowl out with crackers. Yum. Might mix some with Philly cheese for dip as well. Filled a 300gr jar when made.

  16. I am on a low fodmap and fructose free diet so I cannot have sundried tomatoes or garlic. Any substitutes for the tomatoes? It looks so delicious!!!

    1. According to the Monash app, 16 g or four pieces equal one serve and is ok for fm.
      Also if you use garlic infused olive oil, you’ll still get the garlic taste, but not have the fructose pain.

  17. Hi Nik – I really don’t like olives – what would you suggest as a substitute or should I just omit them altogether? Thanks so much – looks delicious xx

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