Fresh basil pesto (vegan, gluten-free)

INGREDIENTS

• 4 garlic cloves, peeled

• 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt

• Large bunch of fresh basil

• 3 tablespoons of pine nuts

• 1 tablespoon of nutritional yeast

• Squeeze of lemon

• 1/2 teaspoon agave syrup

• 2 tablespoons of olive oil

DIRECTIONS

1. Crush garlic and sea salt in a mortar with the pestle until garlic is mashed and paste-like.

2. Add basil in 3 or 4 additions, crushing and pounding down the leaves until they form a fairly fine paste.

3. Add and pound in pine nuts.

4. Add the nutritional yeast to mortar and pound into the sauce.

5. Add the squeeze of lemon and agave and pound into the sauce as well.

6. Drizzle in olive oil, 1 tablespoon at a time, pounding it into the sauce.