Pasta Pesto Salad
From lanabade 14 years agoIngredients
- 8 oz. dried Orzo pasta shopping list
- 8 oz. ripe cherry tomatoes,quartered shopping list
- Pesto Dressing{SEE BELOW} shopping list
- About1/4 cup pine nuts,lightly toasted shopping list
- Fresh basil sprigs shopping list
- About 1 cup fresh basil leaves shopping list
- 2 garlic cloves,peeled shopping list
- about1/4 cup of pine nuts shopping list
- 3 tablesspoons xtr-virgin olive oil shopping list
- 1/4 cup freshly grated good Parmeson cheese shopping list
- 3 tblsp. of half & half shopping list
How to make it
- Cook pasta as directions indicate,tender but firm
- Drain,rinse with cold water,drain again.
- In a bowl,put orzo and add the tomatoes.
- PESTO DRESSING:
- Combine basil leaves,garlic,pine nuts,and oil in a blender.
- Process till smooth.
- Turn into a bowl and beat in cheese and the half&half.
- Stir dressing into pasta mixture.
- Transfer into a serving dish and sprinkle with the toasted pine nuts.
- garnish with Basil sprigs.
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