Kelp Pesto Recipe

Kelp (Kombu) Pesto Recipe

Creamy Avocado and Dulse Pesto 

This seaweed pesto packs in the umami, whether it's used on a piece of toast for a bruschetta, or weaved into pasta. With the addition of avocado, you've got a deliciously rich sauce on your hands. 

Ingredients 

• 1 ripe avocado
• a large bunch (about 40g/1 and a half oz) of fresh basil 
• 30ml/2 tbsp flaked dulse 
• 115g/4oz/1 cup walnuts, lightly toasted
• 75ml/5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 garlic clove 
• seaweed salt and ground pepper, to taste
• 45ml/3 tbsp lemon juice

Method 

Put all the ingredients into a food processor and pulse until a cream sauce forms. If you can make in a pestle and mortar, even better, as this will release more flavour from the basil.