Italian
Pesto Pasta Salad
Pesto Pasta Salad is Italian home cooking, eaten at lunch. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 1 lb rotini pasta
- 2 cups fresh basil
- 1/3 cup pine nuts
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 2 cups cherry tomatoes
- 8 oz fresh mozzarella pearls
- 1/2 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Cook the rotini in salted boiling water until al dente, about 9 minutes, then drain and cool under cold water.
- Blend the basil, pine nuts, parmesan, garlic, and olive oil into a smooth pesto and season with salt.
- Toss the cooled pasta with the pesto.
- Fold in the cherry tomatoes and mozzarella pearls and serve chilled or at room temperature.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Pesto Pasta Salad carries tree nuts, dairy, and gluten. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | Yes | Baked Manicotti |
| Dairy | Yes | Chicken Cacciatore |
| Gluten | Yes | Butternut Squash Risotto |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Hearty
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Grains, Vegetables, Dairy, and Nuts and seeds
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Pesto Pasta Salad takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch. It is at its best in summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on pasta, basil, tomato, and mozzarella.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.