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PEA AND PESTO PASTA SALAD
Pea and pesto pasta salad
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How to:

Make your own pasta

Place 500 g flour on a clean work surface then create a well.

Add 6 free-range to the well then carefully incorporate into the flour, with 1 T olive oil and ½ t salt, until a dough begins to form.

Knead the dough until supple, then cover with clingfilm and refrigerate for 20 minutes.

Dust the work surface with some semolina flour then, using a rolling pin or pasta-rolling machine, roll out the pasta dough to your desired thickness.

Using a flower-shaped cookie-cutter, cut out flower shapes from the dough.

Place a saucepan of water over a high heat. Add a little salt then bring to the boil.

Add the pasta cutouts then cook for a few minutes, until al dente.



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Recipe by: Phillippa Cheifitz
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
100 g trimmed mangetout
100 g trimmed sugar snap peas
250 g short pasta
1 punnet basil pesto
Good handful Italian wild rocket
Shavings of Parmesan
Olive oil
Milled salt and black pepper to taste
Cooking instructions:

Drop mangetout and sugar snap peas into a large saucepan of boiling, salted water. Allow the water to return to the boil and remove the vegetables with a slotted spoon.

Add pasta to the boiling water, cook until just done, drain and mix with pesto and blanched peas. Season to taste. Add rocket and Parmesan, and drizzle with olive oil.

Wine: Springfield Special Cuvée Sauvignon Blanc 2004


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