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HOW TO MAKE

Pesto Tortellini

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb (or 250g) tortellini with your favorite filling
• one avocado
• one pint cherry tomatoes (halved)
• 3 slices bacon
• 1/2 a small onion
• some olive oil
• 3-4 tablespoons heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons pesto

1. Chop up the bacon to small pieces and fry up until crisp. Blot off the fat and set aside.

2. Boil tortellini as directed and drain. (I find that spinach & ricotta or mushroom & gruyère filled tortellini work the best.)

3. Dice the onion and sweat in a pan with some olive oil until translucent.

4. Add the bacon, tortellini, pesto and cream (as needed). Stir well until pesto covers the tortellini evenly. If you work fast all the ingredients should still be warm, which helps spread the pesto paste.

5. Add the avocado and some tomatoes and mix carefully so that you don’t destroy the avocado.

If you like, just before serving, add some more tomato halves and avocado to the top for presentation points.

Feel free to omit the bacon to make this dish vegetarian.

[Recipe found here]

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VARIETIES OF PASTA 

foodiefy:

LONG PASTA

SHORT PASTA

SHORT PASTA

MINUTE PASTA (PASTINA, PASTA USED FOR SOUPS)

FRESH PASTA

PASTA ALL’UOVO (EGG PASTA)

PASTA AL FORNO (USED FOR BAKED PASTA DISHES)

source: pasta charts are from www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasta

(Source: Wikipedia)

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PESTO PASTA. with fresh arugula pesto and this BEAUTIFUL DELICIOUS FLUFFY PERFECT pasta recipe from the french laundry cookbook that i use for absolutely everything. so much fun to make. so easy and yet so. perfect.

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The Pasta Guide 

wearebarebones:

It’s easy enough to cook pasta, but when it comes to making a meal knowing and understanding your options is a little more complex. Use the chart above (click to view larger) to identify mystery pastas and reference the links below for further information on their qualities, uses, and origins.

• A-Z Guide of Pasta Types
• The Recipe Tips Pasta Guide
• The Pasta Wikipedia