Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, zesty pasta salad. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
While the pasta is boiling/chilling you can prep the remaining ingredients. Toss it all in a big bowl and it's ready! This is doubly good because the pasta and veggies are marinated with Italian dressing, then drained and a mixture of mayonnaise and Parmesan. I love pasta salads and all the ingriedients in this salad are things I like but I did not like it at all.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook zesty pasta salad using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Zesty pasta salad:
- Make ready 1 packet penne pasta
- Make ready 1 cup cherry tomatoes (halved)
- Get 1 bunch watercress
- Prepare 1/4 cup spring onions (chopped)
- Get 1/2 cup vintage cheddar (grated)
- Prepare 1 cup sun-dried tomatoes
- Prepare 1/2 cup parsley
- Prepare 1 lime
- Take 2 cloves garlic
- Take 1 chilli
- Make ready 1 tablespoon peppercorns
- Get 1 teaspoon rock salt
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Steps to make Zesty pasta salad:
- Boil the pasta in salted water until soft, drain and set aside to cool.
- In a bowl combine the cooled pasta with the halved cherry tomatoes, vintage cheddar and watercress (pulled apart or chopped). Stir thorughly.
- In a food processor add your sun-dried tomatoes, the juice of one lime, one whole chilli, tablespoon of pepper, teaspoon of rock salt, coarsely chopped parsley and a dash of olive oil. Combine until it is of a smooth(almost creamy) consistency.
- If you're having trouble blending the dressing, add a tablespoon of water to aid in combining the ingredients.
- Once dressing is blended and to taste, pour over your pasta and stir through, ensuring all pasta is covered.
- Garnish with fresh watercress leaves and two wedges of lime.
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