Hemp-Seed Pesto

Image courtesy of David Kitz.

Go to any grocery store, and it will feel as if pesto is everywhere—but nothing beats fresh basil ground to a pulp at home. Photographer David Kitz is no stranger to re-imagining the cliché, in his pesto recipe as well as his still lifes of obscure objects, like scrub brushes, clocks, and quail eggs. His recipe for hemp-seed pesto is a protein-packed take on the original. “This pesto is being made at my house on a weekly basis, and has been for years. It’s good on basically anything,” Kitz shares with Family Style.

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Ingredients

• ¼ cup hemp seeds
• 2 ½ cups basil lightly packed
• 2 ⅕ cups spinach lightly packed
• ½ cup grated parm
• 1 cup olive oil 
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ tablespoons chopped garlic

Instructions

1. Put all the dry ingredients into a food processor and slowly pour in the olive oil as it blends.