How to Make Homemade Carrot Top Pesto

Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, carrot top pesto. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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

Carrot Top Pesto is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Carrot Top Pesto is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have carrot top pesto using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Carrot Top Pesto:

1. Get fresh carrot greens, washed and trimmed
2. Make ready fresh basil leaves
3. Make ready unsalted sunflower seeds (shelled)
4. Get garlic, chopped
5. Get salt (to taste)
6. Take lemon juice
7. Prepare olive oil
8. Get pasta, cooked
9. Get parmesan cheese (optional)

Delicious carrot top pesto recipe allows you to use any nut you want & tastes amazing. Naturally vegan, and a great way to avoid throwing those tops away! Utilize carrot tops in a fun and flavorful way with this delicious carrot top pesto! Made with fresh carrot leaves, cilantro, pumpkin seeds and Parmesan, this pesto is herby and savory!

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.

Utilize carrot tops in a fun and flavorful way with this delicious carrot top pesto! Made with fresh carrot leaves, cilantro, pumpkin seeds and Parmesan, this pesto is herby and savory! 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! You can make the carrot top pesto up to one day in advance.

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