Parmesan Pesto Recipe

Name: Parmesan Pesto
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 0.00 No unit
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 cups (packed) spinach leaves; 1 cup (packed) fresh parsley leaves; 1 cup Parmesan Pesto Sprinkle; 1/4 cup pine nuts (or almonds); 1 to 2 cloves garlic; 1 Tbsp. lemon juice; 1/3 cup olive oil; salt & pepper to taste

This is a great recipe to use up leftover spinach and parsley. Whiz up the bright greens with our Parmesan Pesto Sprinkle cheese and herb blend and you'll end up with a sauce that's perfect for a crostini app or pasta main.

YIELD
About 2 cups

TIME
Active Prep: 10 min

INGREDIENTS

2 cups (packed) spinach leaves
1 cup (packed) fresh parsley leaves
1/4 cup Parmesan Pesto Sprinkle
1/4 cup pine nuts (or almonds)
1 to 2 cloves garlic
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1/3 cup olive oil
salt & pepper to taste

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This is a great recipe to use up leftover spinach and parsley. Whiz up the bright greens with our Parmesan Pesto Sprinkle cheese and herb blend and you'll end up with a sauce that's perfect for a crostini app or pasta main.

DIRECTIONS

Add spinach, parsley, Parmesan Pesto Sprinkle, nuts, garlic, and lemon juice to the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until ground into a paste, stopping to scrape down sides a couple of times. With the food processor running, slowly drizzle in the olive oil until completely combined. Season with salt & pepper to taste. Transfer mixture to a sealable container and chill until ready to use.

SERVING SUGGESTIONS

Toss with pasta, use as a pizza sauce, or spread over crostini for an appetizer. Serve as a dip for our Black Garlic Meatballs recipe.

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Savory Spice Test Kitchen

NUTRITION

Gluten-Free

Vegetarian