Coriander Pasta Salad

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 500 g spiral pasta
• 1/2 cup sliced sun-dried tomato
• 6 large mushrooms, sliced
• 4 spring onions, chopped
• 1/2-1 red capsicum, diced
• 1/4 cup pine nuts
• 1/4 cup pine nuts, extra
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 garlic cloves, peeled or 1 teaspoon crushed garlic
• pepper, to taste
• 2 xbunches fresh coriander, washed, roots discarded, roughly chopped (≈, 2 cups)
• 1 -1 1/2 cup mayonnaise, approximately

Recipe

• 1 bring a large pot of salted water to the boil and cook pasta according to the packet directions. drain and allow to cool.
• 2 when the pasta has cooled, place into a large bowl and add the sundried tomatoes, mushrooms, spring onions, capsicum and pine nuts. mix well to combine.
• 3 to make the dressing, place the extra pine nuts, parmesan, garlic and pepper to taste into the bowl of a food processor. blend until it forms a paste.
• 4 add the coriander to the food processor and blend until all the ingredients form a pesto.
• 5 add the mayonnaise to the food processor and blend until combined, forming a creamy, pale green dressing (try to avoid blending the mayonnaise for too long as it may cause it to separate).
• 6 add the dressing to the pasta salad (you may not need all of it as it does make a fair bit, adjust as necessary to suit your tastes) and mix thoroughly.