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Chef John's Garlic Scape Pesto

Name: Chef John's Garlic Scape Pesto
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 3 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup roughly chopped garlic scapes; 1 lemon , juiced; 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar; 0.5 teaspoons kosher salt , or to taste; 0.25 cups olive oil; 0.25 cups canola oil; 0.5 cups toasted walnuts

Total Time

15 min

12m prep · 3m cook

Servings

4 people

Rating

—

Difficulty

Easy

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🌱 Vegan 🥬 Vegetarian 🌾 Gluten-Free 🥛 Dairy-Free 🥜 Nut-Free ✡️ Kosher

This is one of the most interesting and delicious pesto alternatives that you will ever taste. The recipe is super simple and the hardest part might be finding the garlic scapes themselves. Use as you would traditional pesto.

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Ingredients

1 cup roughly chopped garlic scapes
1 lemon , juiced
1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
0.5 teaspoons kosher salt , or to taste
0.25 cups olive oil
0.25 cups canola oil
0.5 cups toasted walnuts

Instructions

1

Combine garlic scapes, lemon juice, vinegar, salt, olive oil, canola oil, and walnuts in a blender. Blend into a smooth paste. Adjust seasoning if needed.