This peanut-basil sprinkle is a hearty garnish that combines roasted peanuts, fresh basil, and crispy shallots to add a bit of flavor at the end of the recipe.
Author Erin Alderson
Ingredients
2-3tablespoons15g raw peanuts
1teaspoonnutritional yeast
⅓cuploosely packed basil leaves
2tablespoons4g Fried Shallots or Onion
1teaspoonfinishing salt
Instructions
To make the sprinkle: Preheat the oven to 300˚F. Place the peanuts on a baking sheet and roast until golden, 8-10 minutes. Remove from the oven, sprinkle the nutritional yeast on top, then continue roasting for another 3-4 minutes until the peanuts and nutritional yeast are deeply golden.
Transfer the mixture to a cutting board and add the basil, fried shallots, and salt. Roughly chop everything together until the peanuts, basil, and shallots are mostly uniform.