Tricolore Dinner For Two

Linguine al pesto

Who doesn't like Italy and their food...fresh pasta, ciabatta, pizza, olives...and all the fresh vegetables. Unfortunately I can't just travel to Italy right now, therefore Italy has to come to London (at least the food). I made my favorite tricolore salad and some delicious and simple linguine al pesto

Mozzarella, Parmesan, tomatoes, avocado, pine nuts, olive oil, linguine and basil leaves

 halved tomatoes with chopped basil and mozzarella pieces...

...with green salad, avocado, black olives, olive oil, vinegar and lemon juice. Done!

Pasta!

Linguine al pesto with fresh Parmesan and roasted pine nuts

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Dinner for two

For the Tricolore Salad you need

1 Avocado 

150 g cherry tomatoes

1 package of green salad

1 Mozzarella ball

black olives

Olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar, salt and pepper

For the linguine al pesto you need

50 g pine nuts

2 bunches of fresh basil

50 g Parmesan

150-200 ml olive oil

1 garlic clove

Salt and pepper

150 g linguine per person

Salad: Cut the Mozzarella, the avocado and tomatoes into small pieces, then just combine them with all the other ingredients in a big bowl. For the dressing I just mixed a biiig dash of olive oil, one tablespoon of vinegar, chopped basil, salt and pepper with a dash of lemon juice together. Some salt and pepper, and done! If you want serve it with some ciabatta 

Pasta: Tip the pasta into a large pot of boiling and salted water and cook until al dente.

In a small pan heat up some olive oil and roast the pine nuts until they are golden. Then just put all the ingredients (pine nuts, basil, Parmesan, olive oil and garlic) in the mixer until smooth. I didn't put all the pine nuts in the mixer and left them as a whole. Season the sauce at the end. Mix together with the cooked pasta and embellish with some basil leaves and the remaining roasted pine nuts.

An easy and delicious Italian dinner with basic ingredients, enjoy!



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