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Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto

October 15, 2014 by jessfuel 6 Comments

Here it is! The Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto recipe I promised you last week.

Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto

Pesto is such a great way to use up all your garden basil when you have too much! You can make a big batch and freeze it in jars or tupperware containers for months. Fresh basil taste all winter long– win! I love the tang the sun-dried tomatoes gives to this pesto. It’s so flavorful. I used my Homemade Sun-Dried Tomatoes in this, but you can definitely use store bought as well.

We used this as the sauce on veggie pizzas several times. I also had some with raviolis, and it was just as amazing. I think it would be really good in a caprese grilled cheese with some fresh tomatoes and mozzarella!

Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto
 
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Author: Flying on Jess Fuel
Recipe type: Sauce
Serves: About 2.5 cups
Ingredients
  • 1 cup sun-dried tomatoes
  • 1 cup fresh basil leaves, loosely packed
  • ¼ cup toasted walnuts
  • ¼ cup Parmesan cheese
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • ~1/2 cup olive oil
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
  1. If your sun-dried tomatoes are packed in oil, drain them. If not, place them in a heat-safe bowl and pour boiling water over top to cover. Let sit 5 minutes, then drain.
  2. In a food processor, combine sun-dried tomatoes, basil, walnuts, Parmesan, garlic and about ¼ of the oil.
  3. Pulse a few times to combine everything. With the food processor running, stream in remaining olive oil to desired consistency (you'll want it really oily for a pasta topping, less oily for a pizza topping, etc).
  4. Season with salt in pepper.
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Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto

Any other ideas? What are your favorite types of pesto?

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Comments

  1. Isadora @ she likes food says

    October 15, 2014 at 9:56 pm

    I love always having pesto around so I can pretty much put it on everything! Sun dried tomato pesto sounds so good and I just happen to have some sundried tomatoes in the fridge and the last of my basil plant in the front yard! I think I know what I will be doing this weekend ๐Ÿ™‚

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  2. Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice says

    October 16, 2014 at 7:30 am

    I’m so glad you shared this recipe, Jessica! It looks amazing! I’ve never had a sun-dried tomato flavor before, so I’m loving this. Pinned!

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  3. [email protected] says

    October 16, 2014 at 12:43 pm

    This would taste fabulous on a grilled cheese sandwich! I love the flavor of sun-dried tomatoes!

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  4. Danielle says

    October 17, 2014 at 5:01 am

    I love pesto, this sun-dried tomato version look so delicious! Thanks for sharing the recipe ๐Ÿ™‚

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  5. [email protected] says

    October 18, 2014 at 8:35 am

    Sun dried tomato pesto is one of my favorites! SO excited that I can make it at home now!

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  6. Ed says

    May 14, 2020 at 2:09 pm

    I make a variation of Bruschetta: Bread (Baguette, French Bread, or just about any non-sourdough bread) coated with olive oil then toasted. After toasting it’s topped with basil pesto, sun dried tomatoes, grated mozzarella and/or grated Parmesan cheese, 5 more minutes in the oven to melt and brown the cheese. Wonderful stuff.

    Having Sun Dried Tomato Basil Pesto will make this easy dish and even easier one.

    Reply

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