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Recipe of Quick Pesto Noodle Salad

 ·  ☕ 3 min read  ·  ✍️ Viola Burns
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Pesto Noodle Salad

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, pesto noodle salad. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Get just the right utensils for the job. Season with salt and pepper and whizz until roughly chopped. Stir in the crème fraîche followed by the pesto, then leave to cool. When the pasta is cool, stir in the cucumber, tomatoes and peas followed by the basil leaves.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook pesto noodle salad using 16 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Pesto Noodle Salad:
  1. Prepare The Pesto
  2. Prepare 6-8 cups fresh garden basil leaves
  3. Make ready 3-4 cups fresh garden kale
  4. Make ready 4-6 leaves fresh garden sage leaves
  5. Prepare 1-2 teaspoons fresh garden thyme
  6. Make ready 3/4 cup pistachios salted, shelled
  7. Get 1 clove garlic, minced
  8. Make ready 1 tablespoon freshly grated parmesan
  9. Get 1 tablespoon freshly grated asiago
  10. Make ready 2 tablespoons olive oil
  11. Get Pinch sea salt
  12. Make ready The Noodles
  13. Prepare 1 package whole wheat organic linguine noodles
  14. Prepare 8-10 cups water
  15. Prepare Salt&Oil
  16. Take Fresh lemon juice

While the pasta is cooking, cook the peas. 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). Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.

Steps to make Pesto Noodle Salad:
  1. Boil the water on a stove. Add a pinch of salt and a little olive oil. Let simmer. Add noodles.
  2. In a food processor mix the basil, kale, herbs, pistachios and garlic with the olive oil. Let mix until smooth but still hearty. Add the cheeses. Salt to taste. Stir with spoon.
  3. When noodles are ready remove from water and strain in colander. Let cool slightly. Transfer into a bowl or container.
  4. Add pesto sauce to the noodles. Make sure it’s poured evenly over the noodles. Spritz with fresh lemon juice.

Then add the cherry tomatoes, arugula, remaining toasted pepitas, and any optional add-ins (olives, chickpeas and/or cheese). Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Drain, and rinse with cold water to cool. Add pasta to the bowl of dressing, and mix well. Top with mozzarella cheese and pine nuts.

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