Roasted tomato, red pepper and cashew pesto

This versatile pesto is full of flavour and protein from the nuts. Keep some to hand and add it to a variety of recipes to give them some oomph!

Ingredients

  • 1kg tomato

    ripe

  • 1 capsicum

    deseeded, cut into chunks

  • 1 garlic

  • ½ cup olive oil

    plus extra drizzle

  • ¾ cup raw cashews

  • ½ cup parmesan

Equipment

  • 1 oven tray
  • 1 food processor
  • 1 jar

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan-forced).
  2. Pour a little oil on a large oven tray and spread it about. Now tumble on the tomatoes, capsicum and the whole head of garlic. Roast in the oven for 30 minutes or until starting to caramelise. Allow to cool.
  3. In a food processor, blitz the cashews, parmesan and an extra drizzle of olive oil until processed, but still quite lumpy.
  4. Squeeze the garlic from the roasted head and add that to the food processor.
  5. Add the tomatoes and capsicum, a pinch of sea salt and some ground black pepper. Process until combined to the texture you prefer.
  6. Store in a jar in the fridge for up to a week.

Notes

Tip
Eat on toast, in sandwiches, spooned onto cold roast meats, under cheese on toast, over pasta and in soup!
Variation
You can use fresh tomatoes for this recipe, or you can drain tinned tomatoes and use those instead, which means you can make this in season and out.
Storage
Store in a jar in the fridge for up to a week.

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