Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Kale Walnut Pesto is a vegetarian Italian, World sauce made with chopped kale, garlic cloves, and walnuts in about 15 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 15 minutes
  • Cook time: Not specified
  • Total time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 1 cup
  • Category: sauce
  • Cuisine: Italian, World

Ingredients

  • 3 cups chopped kale (stems removed)
  • 2-3 garlic cloves
  • 1/2 cup walnuts (toasted)
  • 1/4 cup parmesan cheese (I use vegetarian parmesan)
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • juice of 1 small lemon
  • salt (to taste)
  • pepper (to taste)

Method

  1. Heat a pan on medium heat. Add walnuts to it and toast them till fragrant, around 5-6 minutes. Remove pan from heat.
  2. To a food processor add kale, toasted walnuts, parmesan cheese, garlic, salt and pepper. Pulse till kale is chopped.
  3. Add olive oil and process until fully incorporated and smooth. Squeeze in some fresh lemon juice.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.