Spicy spinach pesto sauce

This pesto sauce is prepared without nuts, and it turns out light and spicy. It takes only 5 minutes to cook, it is suitable for vegetables, meat, fish, you can just spread it on bread, and you can even cook it for the future and freeze it!
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 19 % 4 g
Fats 71 % 15 g
Carbohydrates 10 % 2 g
157 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 10 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    Wash spinach and basil, sort and squeeze dry.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Peel garlic, grate cheese. Put all the ingredients, except olive oil, in a blender and mix until smooth.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Continuing to beat, slowly add the olive oil. Pesto can be kept closed in the refrigerator for two weeks.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Garlic - 143   kcal/100g
  • Spinach - 22   kcal/100g
  • Fresh basil - 27   kcal/100g
  • Dried basil - 251   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Lemon juice - 16   kcal/100g
  • Olive oil - 913   kcal/100g
  • Parmesan cheese 45% fat content - 389   kcal/100g

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