Christmas Pasta Salad
Ingredients
- Pasta500 g
- Basil1 cup + 1 bunch
- Bell pepper · roasted1 jar
- Sun dried tomato1 jar
- Broccoli1 head
- Baby boconchini220 g
- Parmesan cheese · grated½ cups
- Extra virgin olive oil1 cup
- Pine nut½ cups
- Garlic1
- Salt
- Black pepper · ground
- Lemon1
Instructions
- Toast the pine nuts in a dry pan over low heat until lightly golden.
- In a food processor, combine the basil leaves, toasted pine nuts, garlic clove, Parmesan and extra-virgin olive oil. Pulse until you have a chunky pesto.
- Season the pesto with a pinch of salt, black pepper and a squeeze of lemon juice.
- Stir the pesto through the cooked bow pasta.
- Add the drained sun-dried tomatoes, baby bocconcini, blanched broccoli and roasted capsicum slices to the pasta, and toss together.
Summarized from Stephcooksstuff's video. Watch it for the details.
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