It's a Korean pesto sauce (Stars' Top Recipe at Fun-Staurant) | KBS WORLD TV 210706

pine nuts

🥗Healthier: walnuts

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Walnuts provide healthy fats while sunflower seeds are budget-friendly.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free and adds umami flavor.

sesame oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Olive oil offers heart-healthy benefits while canola is more affordable.

red pepper flakes

🥗Healthier: fresh chili

💰Cheaper: black pepper

Fresh chili adds a vibrant flavor while black pepper is a common substitute.

Tear garlic leaves and put them in a blender.

Cut Gouda cheese and add it to the blender.

Add cashews to the blender for flavor.

Add lemon juice and olive oil to the blender.

Blend the ingredients together until smooth to make garlic leaf pesto.

Prepare a second pesto with Cheongyang chili peppers and pine nuts, slightly toasting the pine nuts first.

Add Hawaiian red salt to the second pesto and puree finely.

Make a third pesto using laver, sesame oil, and black lava salt.

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