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Smashed Sun Dried Tomato Pesto Potatoes with Caesar Drizzle

URL: https://thefirstmess.com/2019/07/03/smashed-sun-dried-tomato-pesto-potatoes/

Ingredients

Sun Dried Tomato Pesto

  • 1 jar sun-dried tomatoes in olive oil (8.5-ounce/251mL)
  • 3 tablespoons nutritional yeast
  • 1 cup fresh basil leaves, lightly packed
  • 2 cloves garlic, peeled
  • to taste sea salt
  • to taste ground black pepper

Sunflower Seed Caesar Drizzle

  • ½ cup raw sunflower seeds, soaked for at least 2 hours and drained
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons nutritional yeast
  • 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
  • ¼ teaspoon gluten-free tamari soy sauce
  • 3 cloves garlic, peeled
  • to taste sea salt
  • to taste ground black pepper
  • ¼ cup water, plus extra

Potatoes

  • 1 ½ lbs mini potatoes (Yukon gold preferred)

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with parchment.
  2. Make the sun-dried tomato pesto by blending sun-dried tomatoes, oil, nutritional yeast, basil, garlic, salt, and pepper until smooth.
  3. Prepare the sunflower caesar drizzle by blending sunflower seeds, olive oil, lemon juice, nutritional yeast, dijon mustard, tamari, garlic, salt, pepper, and water until smooth.
  4. Boil the potatoes in cold water until tender, about 15 minutes, then drain.
  5. Flatten each potato on the baking sheet and spread pesto on both sides.
  6. Bake the potatoes for about 20 minutes, flipping halfway, until browned.
  7. Serve warm with caesar drizzle and chopped basil.

Nutrition Facts (estimated)

Servings
6
Calories
250
Total fat
15g
Total carbohydrates
25g
Total protein
8g
Sodium
300mg
Cholesterol
0mg

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