Pasta Salad with Currants Olives & Pine Nuts

Name: Pasta Salad with Currants Olives and Pine Nuts
Total time: P2H
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: pasta, penne; garlic cloves; salt; parsley leaves; lemon juice; red wine vinegar; curry powder; sugar; cumin; black pepper; olive oil; red onion; kalamata olives; currants; pine nuts; parsley sprigs; cherry tomatoes

Submitted by spiderweb

YIELD

8 servings

PREP

30 min

COOK

10 min

READY

2 hrs

Ingredients

POUND PASTA, PENNE

EACH GARLIC CLOVES
quartered

TEASPOON SALT

CUP PARSLEY LEAVES
packed, fresh, stemmed

CUP LEMON JUICE
fresh

CUP RED WINE VINEGAR

TEASPOON CURRY POWDER

TEASPOON SUGAR

TEASPOON CUMIN
ground

TEASPOON BLACK PEPPER

CUP OLIVE OIL

EACH RED ONION
peeled, finely chopped

CUP KALAMATA OLIVES
sliced *

⅔

CUP CURRANTS
dried

⅔

CUP PINE NUTS
toasted

X PARSLEY SPRIGS
fresh *

X CHERRY TOMATOES *

Directions

Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally.

Drain. Rinse under cold water; drain well.

Transfer pasta to large bowl.

Meanwhile, blend garlic and salt to paste in processor, scraping down sides of bowl occasionally.

Add 1 cup parsley and mince. Blend in lemon juice, vinegar, curry, sugar, cumin and pepper.

With machine running, gradually add oil through feed tube in thin steady stream.

Pour dressing over pasta.

Add onion, olives, currants and pine nuts to pasta and toss.

Season with pepper. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, about 2 hours.

(Can be made 1 day ahead.)

Garnish salad with parsley sprigs and cherry tomatoes and serve.

* not incl. in nutrient facts

Comments

Miriam

Wow! A long lost acquaintance of mine gave me this exact recipe (minus onions and tomatoes)MANY years ago...80's. It was in the NYT at one time but I couldn't find it in their archives. My recipe was torn & missing a couple spice quantities THANK YOU

Nutrition Facts

171g

Amount per Serving