With just three ingredients you’ll have a creamy Pesto Mayo that will add summer flavor to burgers, fries, sandwiches and more. An easy recipe for a flavorful mayonnaise, you’ll be making this pesto mayo recipe all year long!
A flavorful and creamy mayonnaise is always a welcome addition on grilled hamburgers, vegetables, chicken, beef and seafood.
Pesto mayonnaise even makes a delicious dip for french fries and is a fabulous spread on sandwiches.
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Pesto Mayo
Pesto and mayo is like a match made in heaven. Fresh basil and garlic from the pesto combine with creamy mayonnaise.
Add in fresh lemon zest and this simple condiment transforms into a spread that’s bursting with bright summer flavors!
You can make this condiment with store bought pesto that is available in your pasta sauce aisle or with a fresh pesto in the refrigerated section at the grocery store.
Using prepared pesto is a great shortcut and makes this recipe so quick to put together.
Personally, I love making this basil pesto mayo with homemade pesto.
Making a homemade pesto to use in this recipe takes a few more minutes of your time but it’s definitely worth it.
You can even stray away from the traditional basil pesto and make kale pesto, spinach pesto and even spring pea pesto for your mayonnaise recipe.
Making a homemade pesto for your mayonnaise has its perks because you only need ¼ cup of pesto for this flavored mayonnaise recipe so, not only will your mayonnaise be filled with homemade flavor, you’ll also have extra pesto to use throughout your week. Definitely a win-win in my book!
Learn all about pesto, what does pesto taste like, how to make it, store it and even freeze it, along with lots more pesto recipes!
This flavored mayo recipe makes about 1 ¼ cups of pesto mayonnaise and you can easily double the ingredients if you want to make a double batch.
Here in New Jersey the classic summer sandwich is a simple tomato sandwich, made with Jersey tomatoes of course, on white bread with mayonnaise.
Now you can elevate the tomato sandwich to a new level of deliciousness with our pesto mayo recipe. You’ll be so happy you did!
And can you imagine how delicious a pasta salad or a potato salad will be tossed in pesto mayonnaise? I'm drooling over here now!
Oh and imagine how delicious this flavored mayonnaise will be on BLT Slders!
Any way you make it, either with store bought pesto or with homemade pesto, your pesto mayonnaise will make your tastebuds dance with delight!
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How to make flavored mayo
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- Combine mayonnaise, pesto and lemon zest
- Stir until blended
Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- This recipe can easily be doubled
- Toss pesto mayonnaise with chopped chicken and apples for a delicious chicken salad
- Add minced fresh basil leaves for added flavor
- Add minced fresh garlic for additional flavor
Substitutions
- Substitute a homemade pesto for store bought pesto
- Make this recipe with a vegan mayonnaise
- Substitute sour cream for half of the mayonnaise and make a pesto dip
- Substitute this flavored mayonnaise in recipes that call for mayonnaise
Storage
- Store your summer mayonnaise in an airtight container, covered, in the refrigerator for up to one week.
- As always, I find it helpful to visit the FDA website for food storage guidelines
Recipes with pesto
- Pesto Pasta Salad
- Basil Pesto Butter
- Tomato Toast with Pesto
- Creamy Pesto Gnocchi from Jersey Girl Cooks
- Heirloom Tomato Pizza with Pesto Sauce from Grumpy’s Honeybunch
Ingredients for basil pesto mayonnaise
- Mayonnaise
- Pesto
- Lemon zest
Pesto Mayo
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Ingredients
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup pesto
- 1 Tbs. lemon zest
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Instructions
- Combine all ingredients and stir until blended.
- Mayonnaise can be refrigerated in a covered airtight container for up to one week.
Notes
- This recipe can easily be doubled
- Toss pesto mayonnaise with chopped chicken and apples for a delicious chicken salad
- Add minced fresh basil leaves for added flavor
- Add minced fresh garlic for additional flavor
- Substitute a homemade pesto for store bought pesto
- Make this recipe with a vegan mayonnaise
- Substitute sour cream for half of the mayonnaise and make a pesto dip
Love this pesto mayo! Supereasy to make. I made this and used it on some cheeseburgers and my kids loved it!
This recipe combines two great things to make one really really tasty thing! I'm using it on everything.
This is absolutely stunning and unique. I am excited to serve this tonight on my salad.
Delicious and so many uses we loved it on our fish baked great recipe!
This was such a quick and easy recipe; definitely takes mayo to a whole new level of delicious! Love it!
Pesto mayo, sounds delicious! This would be a great change up to sandwiches, etc than just always using regular mayo.
This was fantastic on my grilled chicken sandwich. I hadn't thought of combining these two sauces before.