Hemp pesto: a simple, delicious recipe!
Here’s a recipe for all hemp lovers. This is a pesto with hemp seeds and oil. Pesto is normally made with olive oil, basil, garlic, parmesan and pine nuts. Here, we will adapt this recipe to make it with hemp. First, we’ll replace olive oil with hemp oil. For those who find hemp oil too strong a taste and find it hard to get used to, I recommend mixing it with another oil. For the purposes of this recipe, I suggest a 1:1 mixture of hemp oil and olive oil. This blend attenuates the strong taste of hemp oil, while still providing good nutritional value.

So, our pesto will be made up of:
- A 1:1 mixture of hemp oil and olive oil
- Dried basil to taste
- Garlic
- Parmesan cheese
- Shelled hemp seeds (i.e. without the hull)
I won’t suggest a quantity, since all these ingredients can be mixed to suit your tastes. Just note that the hemp seeds will absorb the oil, so if there are too many seeds, the mixture will be pasty, so be careful. Be careful not to overheat the pesto. Add to pasta after cooking and reheat slightly. Hemp oil is a very high-quality oil, and too much heat can cause it to lose its nutritional properties. Finally, you have to try the mixture of shelled hemp seeds and parmesan cheese which is simply spectacular!!!!
There you go, bon appetit!