Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, zesty pasta salad. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook zesty pasta salad using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
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
- Take 1/4 cup spring onions (chopped)
- Get 1/2 cup vintage cheddar (grated)
- Make ready 1 cup sun-dried tomatoes
- Get 1/2 cup parsley
- Prepare 1 lime
- Make ready 2 cloves garlic
- Make ready 1 chilli
- Prepare 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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