Sunday, July 09, 2006

Fresh Pesto

1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp hemp seed nuts (optional)
2-3 cups basil leaves, chopped finely
2 heaping tablespoons pine nuts
1 tsp white miso
1 Tbsp nutritional yeast
2-3 Tbsp olive oil

In a dry saucepan, toast the pine nuts just until they start to turn golden. Put the garlic, salt and hemp seed in a mortar and pestle and pound until it forms a paste. Add the basil leaves and pine nuts and pound again until finely pulverized. Turn out into a bowl, add miso, yeast and olive oil and taste until it seems right.