Pesto, New Potato & Pasta Salad - with cups & ounces
Our pesto, new potato & pasta salad recipe written for US kitchens - cup and ounce measurements, °F oven temperatures, and American ingredient names you'll find at Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Sprouts or your local farmers' market.
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Ingredients - Serves 4
Prep 20 minutes · Cook 30 minutes
| 1.1 lbs (500 g) | baby new potatoes |
| 7.1 oz (200 g) | ZenB penne |
| 7.9 oz (225 g) | green beans, trimmed and split |
| 2.6 oz (75 g) | pine nuts, toasted |
| 2.1 oz (60 g) | fresh basil |
| 2 | garlic cloves, crushed |
| 1 | lemon, zest finely grated and juice squeezed |
| 3.4 fl oz (100 ml) | canola oil |
| ½ tsp | salt |
| black pepper, to taste | |
| 1.8 oz (50 g) | baby spinach |
| 12 | green olives, quartered |
| handful | pumpkin seeds, to garnish |
Method
American cooking note
US ovens run hotter than UK ovens of the same nominal setting - start checking 5 minutes early. Brand-wise, Califia Farms or Oatly Barista are the closest US matches for the cream-style milks used in the original recipe.
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