Maya’s Perfect Pesto Pasta Salad

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Description

My 10-year-old daughter Maya and I created this easy but delicious pasta salad, featuring her favorite pesto flavors. This salad is great as the center of a light dinner, or as a side dish.

Ingredients

  • 1 (16 ounce) package corkscrew-shaped pasta (fusilli)
  • ¾ cup chopped fresh basil
  • ¾ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
  • ⅓ cup pine nuts
  • ⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic, diced
  • ½ cup finely diced red onion
  • ½ cup finely diced radicchio
  • 1 tablespoon mayonnaise, or to taste
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook fusilli in the boiling water
  2. stirring occasionally
  3. until tender yet firm to the bite
  4. about 12 minutes. Drain.
  5. Combine basil
  6. Parmesan cheese
  7. pine nuts
  8. oil
  9. and garlic in a food processor; blend to make pesto.
  10. Toss pasta with pesto and mix in red onion
  11. radicchio
  12. and mayonnaise. Season with salt and pepper. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Servings: 6

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