Recipe Notes | Vegan Pesto Pasta

We have been trying out various versions of a vegan pesto for a few weeks now and we think we have cracked it! This recipe for vegan pesto is really quick – you just add all the ingredients to the MagiMix and combine until you’re happy with the flavour and consistency.

I N G R E D I E N T S

• 400g gluten free spaghetti
• 2 large handfuls of fresh basil
• Finely chopped 1 garlic clove
• Finely chopped or crushed juice of 1 lemon
• A few glugs of extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tbsp of nutritional yeast B12
• 2 – 3 tbsp pine nuts sea salt and black pepper to taste

M E T H O D 

1. Boil a pan of water and add a pinch of salt. Add the gluten free spaghetti pasta and cook according to packet instructions.

2. Add the basil, pine nuts, garlic, lemon, nutritional yeast and a good pinch of salt and pepper to the MagiMix and blitz. Once you have a paste add the olive oil while the motor is still running and you can do this to suit your own tastes.

3. We serve this with a sprinkle of chilli pepper flakes for an extra kick. Enjoy!

Images: Humphrey Munson