Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, pesto pasta salad. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Pesto pasta salad is only one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Pesto pasta salad is something that I have loved my entire life.
Add the pasta and cook until al dente, or according to package directions. Add a few tablespoons of pasta water to thin the pesto to evenly coat the pasta. Make sure the water is salted (one and a half teaspoons per quart).
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have pesto pasta salad using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Pesto pasta salad:
- Get 1/2 lb pasta
- Take 3/4 cup prepared pesto
- Prepare 1/4 cup chopped red onion
- Take 1 cup chopped/crumbled feta
- Make ready 1/4 cup crasins
- Take 1/2 cup chopped broccoli
- Prepare 1/2 cup almonds toasted
- Take 1 optional-roasted chicken for the must eat meat folks
Adding an easy homemade pesto to pasta salad elevates it to much more than a picnic or barbecue side. Zesty pesto, mellowed and thickened with a little mayonnaise, makes a lovely sauce. I go all-out green by adding sweet peas to both the pesto sauce and the pasta. Toasted pine nuts add flavor and crunch.
Instructions to make Pesto pasta salad:
- Cook pasta. Best options include bowtie but anything works from orzo to elbow
- Chop onion and broccoli add to bowl
- Add feta and crasins
- Add pesto and hot pasta mix well adding a bit more pesto to taste.
- Serve warm add toasted almonds to each serving
- If you must roasted chicken can be added for meat eaters.
And, finally, mozzarella pearls and fresh basil jazz the whole dish up. How to make Pesto Tortellini Pasta Salad. Bring a large pot of water a rolling boil. Do NOT cook tortellini according to package instructions. Then drain and rinse with cold water.
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