Pesto Dressing
Creamy Pesto Dressing is a powerhouse sauce for salads, breads, dipping and drizzling. Ready in minutes and nice and zesty.
Servings: 5
Equipment
- food processor or high speed blender
- jar with a lid or airtight container
Ingredients
- 1½ cup fresh basil, stems included
- 2 Tbsp pine nuts *see notes
- 2 Tbsp walnuts, raw *see notes
- ¼ cup Parmesan, grated *use more as needed
- ¼ cup olive oil *see notes
- ½ tsp salt *more as needed
- ¼ tsp black cracked pepper
- ¼ tsp dried oregano
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1½ Tbsp mayonnaise *see notes
- ½ Tbsp dijon mustard
- 1 Tbsp white vinegar
- ¼-⅓ cup water *to thin the dressing
Instructions
- Gather ingredients and add them to a small food processor or blender. Pulse the ingredients together. Add in water and continue to blitz the dressing, add water until it you reach your desired consistency.
- Taste the dressing, you may want to add a bit more Parmesan or seasonings, this is the time to do so. If you made the dressing too thin, add in 1 Tbsp more of nuts and blitz to thicken it up.
- Serve the dressing over salads, fish, on sandwiches, burgers or dip veggies into it. This dressing will keep in the refrigerator in an air tight container for up to 3 days. You can also freeze these dressing, however it will brown just a little in color, but will still taste amazing.
- Note: you can make this dressing more creamy or less creamy and more like a vinaigrette with a few small tweaks! Add more mayonnaise for creamier texture. Add no mayonnaise or less to make it more like a vinaigrette.
Notes
*use all pine nuts or use all raw walnuts. I like to mix the two together it offers a unique texture flavor.
*avocado oil will also work.
Note: you can make this dressing more creamy or less creamy and more like a vinaigrette with a few small tweaks! Add more mayonnaise for creamier texture. Add no mayonnaise or less to make it more like a vinaigrette.
This dressing will keep in the refrigerator in an air tight container for up to 3 days. You can also freeze these dressing, however it will brown just a little in color, but will still taste amazing.