Pesto Pasta Salad
Pesto Pasta Salad

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, pesto pasta salad. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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. In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, salt, pepper, onion powder, mustard, garlic, basil, oregano, cilantro, hot pepper sauce, red wine vinegar, olive oil, lemon juice, and Parmesan cheese.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have pesto pasta salad using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

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

Then add the cherry tomatoes, arugula, remaining toasted pepitas, and any optional add-ins (olives, chickpeas and/or cheese). Add the mayonnaise and purée until smooth. 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.

Steps 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!

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. The classic summertime pasta salad, with pesto, sweet cherry tomatoes, cooling fresh mozzarella, and Parmesan. To keep everything fresh and bright, make this right before serving.

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