Pesto Pasta Salad
Pesto Pasta Salad

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, pesto pasta salad. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Pesto Pasta Salad is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Pesto Pasta Salad is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

Pasta Pesto zum kleinen Preis hier bestellen. Kostenlose Lieferung möglich To assemble the salads, make a bed of lettuce in a large bowl, then add a generous layer of pesto-coated pasta. Add tomatoes, olives, and chunks of cheese. Spoon a good amount of dressing all over the top; it should be thin enough to seep down into the salad, not so thick it will stay on top of everything.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have pesto pasta salad using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pesto Pasta Salad:
  1. Make ready Dressing
  2. Make ready 1/4 cup Pesto (I'm using pre-made)
  3. Prepare 1 tbsp Lemon Pepper Seasoning
  4. Make ready 1/4 tsp Salt and Pepper
  5. Take 3 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  6. Prepare Salad Ingredients
  7. Make ready 1 1/2 cup Cheese Ravioli (you may use Tortelini)
  8. Make ready 1 Romaine Heart
  9. Make ready 10 Halved Cherry Tomatoes
  10. Prepare 1/2 cup Diced Mozzarella
  11. Prepare 3 Basil Leaves
  12. Take 1/4 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese

Mix pasta with pesto, pine nuts, olives, tomatoes, basil, olive oil: Put pasta in a big bowl. Mix in fresh basil pesto, green olives, and pine nuts. Gently mix in cherry tomatoes, peas, fresh basil leaves and olive oil. Add the mayonnaise and purée until smooth.

Instructions to make Pesto Pasta Salad:
  1. Wisk all of the dressing ingredients together in a bowl and set aside.
  2. Boil and drain the pasta according to the package instructions.
  3. While the pasta is still hot, toss the dressing into the pasta. Let it cool down slightly.
  4. Prep your romaine heart and basil. Rinse and dry your romaine, remove the core, and slice.
  5. Roughly chop your basil and mix with your romaine.
  6. Toss the greens, halved cherry tomatoes, and cheeses into your pasta. The warmth of the pasta will slightly wilt the basil and bring out the scent.
  7. …and you're done! You may chill the pasta salad or eat while it's warm!

Gently mix in cherry tomatoes, peas, fresh basil leaves and olive oil. Add the mayonnaise and purée until smooth. To assemble the pasta salad, pour all of the pesto over the pasta and toss until the pasta is lightly and evenly coated, adding a tiny splash of reserved pasta cooking water if necessary to thin it out. Then add the cherry tomatoes, arugula, remaining toasted pepitas, and any optional add-ins (olives, chickpeas and/or cheese). The classic summertime pasta salad, with pesto, sweet cherry tomatoes, cooling fresh mozzarella, and Parmesan.

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