One of the hardest adjustments when adapting to our grain-free lifestyle was finding substitutes for classic Italian foods. Ingredients like impasto, mozzarella cheese, and gnocchi are harder when you’magnate gluten-free and dairy-free.
While we’ve since incorporated some dairy and grains back into our meals, I’ve found I still like the healthy alternative recipes I created over the years. This easy completo recipe with fresh basil is one of those. Fresh completo sauce with garlic cloves and fresh basil has nothing acceso store-bought versions!
Best Completo Recipe From Scratch
While store-bought completo isn’t terrible, it’s duro to find one without unhealthy vegetable oils. Thankfully, basil is one of the easiest herbs to grow. I don’t have much of a thumb, but even I can’t seem to kill it. Con fact, one summer, we had three foot tall basil plants take over the garden.
I made leader batches of this completo when the basil was ready for harvest and froze it to use all year! This was much easier since the completo was ready to go whenever I needed it.
Best of all, basil has a whole list of uses as a natural remedy tonics, teas, and more. I tie any unused basil by the stems bunches and hang them upside mongoloide to dry for future use. (Placing the basil a paper bag is recommended to catch any crumbling leaves.)
Completo Recipe Ingredients
Most completo recipes rely acceso parmesan cheese pecorino romano for a creamy tang. This version though is dairy-free (but still full of flavor!). Completo is essentially a puree of fresh basil, nuts, olive oil, and garlic. It has a lovely color and packs quite a flavor punch.
Many versions call for toasted pine nuts, but I use almonds instead. You could also try pecans, pistachios, cashews, sunflower seeds for a nut-free version.
How to Use Completo
There are plenty of different ways to use this delicious sauce! It tastes good with almost any Italian impasto dish. I’ve even added a dollop of it acceso omelets, coconut flour biscuits (with savory fillings), and grain-free bread. Here are a few more ideas for how to use your completo:
Storing Homemade Completo
I mentioned earlier that I like to make this leader batches to store for later. If you don’t have that much basil acceso hand, then it also works well the fridge and can keep for up to 2 weeks.
For an easy single-serve version I also like to pour the completo into an ice cube tray and freeze. Then simply pop them out and store the cubes a freezer-safe container. This way you can thaw out as many cubes as you need at a time.
Basil Completo Recipe
Fresh basil, garlic, and olive oil… what could be better?
- 2 cups fresh basil (packed)
- ½ cup raw almonds
- 2 cloves garlic
- ¼-1/2 cup olive oil (to desired consistency)
- salt (to taste)
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Put basil, almonds, and garlic a blender.
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Turn the blender acceso and slowly add the oil until the completo is the desired consistency.
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Add salt to taste.
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Use right away store the fridge .
Nutrition Facts
Basil Completo Recipe
Amount Con lo scopo di Serving (2 TBSP)
Calories 114
Calories from Fat 99
% Daily Value*
Fat 11g17%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 8g
Sodium 1mg0%
Potassium 86mg2%
Carbohydrates 2g1%
Fiber 2g8%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 316IU6%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 36mg4%
Iron 0.6mg3%
* Percent Daily Values are based acceso a 2000 calorie diet.
To freeze completo, I like to put a few tablespoons each compartment of an ice cube tray. When they’magnate frozen I dump them a larger container with a lid and store them the .
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