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Sun-dried Tomato, Olive and Almond Pesto
February 12, 2007 | 3 Comments
This is a low-calorie version of this wonderful recipe for Pesto Rosso.
We’ve cut the calories by replacing the oil-packed tomatoes with plain dried tomatoes, and the olive oil with cooked tomatoes.
We’ve replaced the almonds in the recipe with some pure almond butter we had lying around.
Serve as a dip, slathered on toast, or tossed with pasta.
It’s also a fantastic pizza sauce.
RECIPE
Ingredients
½ cup sun-dried tomatoes (not packed in oil)
2 garlic cloves (minced)
¼ tsp. ground black pepper
¼ tsp. cayenne powder
1 tsp. sweet chilli garlic sauce (or some sugar, chilli flakes and garlic)
2 chopped roma tomatoes
1/4 cup almond butter (or slivered and toasted almonds)
10 cured black olives
1 tbsp. minced fresh rosemary
1 tsp. lime juice
1 tsp. balsamic vinegar
Mrs. Dash salt-free lemon pepper blend (or salt)
Method
1. Microwave the chopped tomatoes partly covered for 3 minutes until pulpy.
2. In the bowl of a food processor, combine all the ingredients and process until the sauce is lightly emulsified but still quite coarse and almost chunky.
Use olives packed in oil from the deli section of your supermarket whenever possible for the best flavour.
The local Mediterranean, Arab or Afghan store may carry good quality packed olives that are not soaked in brine, and are much cheaper than the supermarket variety.
This is the brand we use.
Filed Under: Almond, dip, Nuts, Olive, pesto, Rosemary, spread, sun-dried-tomato, Tomato, vegan recipes, vegetarian recipes
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3 Comments
[...] to ours. Try and get the oil-cured ones, as opposed to those forlorn ones floating in brine. Or get these dry-packed ones from your local Arab, Iranian, or Afghani [...]
[...] Pesto – basil, pesto, nut pesto, sundried tomato and olive pesto, whatever you can conjure up in the food processor in a couple of [...]
Just had to add (because it is a common misconception to westerners… ^^;;;
to the poster who wrote:
“our local Arab, Iranian, or Afghani ”
The people from Afghanistan are called Afghans – not “Afghani”
Afghanis are the currency of Afghanistan, the same way dollars are the currency of the United States – just as no one calls US citizens “dollars” pls don’t refer to afghans as “afghanis”
afghan – a person of afghan descent, a hound, or a blanket
afghani – the currency of afghanistan
thanks