Is this cold winter giving you the blues? Try brightening up your day with Ricardo Larrivée’s citrus pasta salad. The citrus will have you thinking about summer in no time.
Pasta salad with citrus
Citrus vinaigrette ingredients:
- 1 orange, grated zest only
- 1 lemon, grated zest only
- 3 tbsp orange juice
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
Salad ingredients:
- ½ lb tubetti or other short pasta
- 1 ½ cups arugula (optional)
- 1 ½ cups grated carrots
- ½ cup pine nuts, toasted
- 2 green onions, chopped
- ¼ cup olive oil
- Parmigiano-Reggiano shavings, to taste
- Salt & pepper
Method:
In a bowl, combine all the vinaigrette ingredients. Then set aside.
In a large pot of salted boiling water, cook the pasta until tender. Drain and oil lightly. Let cool completely.
In a bowl, combine the pasta and vinaigrette with the remaining salad ingredients except for the cheese.
Season with salt and pepper. Then garnish with Parmesan shavings.
Courtesy Ricardo Larrivée
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