Cold Pasta with Spinach Pesto
1 hour Recipe Yield:
6-8 servings Difficulty:
Medium recipe
Cold pasta with spinach pesto is an Italian recipe that is prepared in the summer. This pasta can be made from the remains of previously cooked pasta. In the summer, when it is very hot, this dish is very convenient, you cook it, put it in the refrigerator and do not need to reheat it.
Recipe Ingredients
Cooking Recipe
The recipe for cold pasta with spinach pesto is very simple. Pour water into a saucepan, add salt and put on the fire, when the water boils, put the spinach in the saucepan and blanch for one minute. Then put the spinach in a blender glass, add peeled almonds, pine nuts, pour in olive oil and beat until smooth.
Boil the pasta in a large amount of salted water until done, then drain the water, leaving a small amount. Transfer the pasta to the same pan, put it on low heat and dry.
Then add spinach pesto and chopped tomatoes to the pasta, pour in 2-3 tbsp of the liquid in which the pasta was cooked and stir. After one minute, remove from heat. Add chopped olives and chopped mozzarella to the pasta. Mix everything and cool, such pasta can be prepared in advance and stored in the refrigerator.