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Trecce dell'Orto Pasta Salad with
Asparagus, Green Beans and Sun Dried Tomatoes
Preparation: 25 minutes
Cooking Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients (Serves 4)
250 gr.
(1/2 pound)
 Trecce dell'Orto (Garden Braid) pasta
450 Gr. (1 pound)
 Asparagus cut diagonally into 2-3 inch long segments
100 gr. (3.5 oz.)
 Green beans cut diagonally into 2-3 inch long segments
1/2
 Onion roughly chopped
1
 Stalk celery roughly chopped
2 Tbs.
 Roughly chopped sun dried tomatoes preserved in EVOO
1 Tbs.
 Roughly chopped pimiento-filled mommoth olives
1 Tbs.
 Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)
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 Coarse sea salt (to cook pasta)
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 Sea salt and pepper to taste
Preparation
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 Boil 4 quarts of water, add salt, asparagus and green beans.
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 Boil for about 3 minutes, take vegetables out with slotted spoon.
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 Bring water back to boil and cook pasta al dente (slightly undercooked, according to American taste.)
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 In the meantime brown onion in a deep frying pan, or wok for about 4 minutes.
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 Add celery, sun dried tomatoes, and cook for about 6 minutes.
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 Add pasta, asparagus and green beans to sauce in frying pan.
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 Adjust salt as needed, grind fresh pepper to taste, mix on low heat for about one minute.
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 Serve hot, or let cool inside frying pan to serve later as a cold pasta salad.
<em>Trecce dell'Orto</em> Pasta with Asparagus, Green Beans and Sun Dried Tomatoes—Preparing the sauce: image 1 of 2
<em>Trecce dell'Orto</em> Pasta with Asparagus, Green Beans and Sun Dried Tomatoes: image 2 of 2
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Comments
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 Instead of Trecce dell'Orto (Garden Braid) you may use your favorite dried pasta. In any case, I suggest using a multi-colored pasta, obtained by adding pureed vegetables to pasta dough, if homemade.
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 Good summer pasta, when asparagus and green beans are in season. Excellent served cold as a pasta salad.
Wine and Beverage Pairing
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 Prosecco di Valdobbiadene, Trebbiano Frizzante dell'Emilia IGT, Soave Classico DOC, Rosato Italiano IGT, Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso, Chianti DOC Bernardino.


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