Name: Chef John's Garlic Scape Pesto recipe
Ingredients: 1 cup roughly chopped garlic scapes;1 lemon, juiced;1 tablespoon white wine vinegar;½ teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste;¼ cup olive oil;¼ cup canola oil;½ cup toasted walnuts

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Ingredients

1 cup roughly chopped garlic scapes 1 lemon, juiced 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar ½ teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste ¼ cup olive oil ¼ cup canola oil ½ cup toasted walnuts

Nutrition Info

198.7 calories carbohydrate: 8.1 g cholesterol: : - fat: 18.8 g fiber: 1.5 g protein: 2.4 g saturatedFat: 1.9 g servingSize: - sodium: 123.8 mg sugar: 0.5 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

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.

Recipe Yield

1 cup

Recipe Note

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.