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Ingredients
- 3 cups basil leaves
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled
- 1/4 cup pine nuts
- 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 4 medium tomatoes, cored and halved crosswise
- 5 Tbs. plus 1 tsp. panko breadcrumbs
Method
- To make Quick Pesto: Place basil and garlic in food processor, and process until finely chopped.
- Add pine nuts and nutritional yeast, and process 1 minute, or until pine nuts are finely chopped and mixture is paste-like.
- With motor running, add olive oil in steady stream.
- Process 1 minute more, or until smooth.
- Season with salt and pepper, if desired.
- To make Broiled Tomatoes: Preheat oven to broil.
- Place tomatoes cut-side up on baking sheet.
- Spread each tomato half with 2 tsp.
- Quick Pesto, and sprinkle with 2 tsp.
- panko breadcrumbs.
- Broil 3 to 5 minutes, or until breadcrumbs are browned and pesto is bubbly.
- Serve as a side dish.
