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Pasta salad with currants, olives and pine nuts
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Ingredients:
| 1
| lbs | Penne pasta | | 1
| each | Garlic clove, quartered | | 1
| tsp | Salt | | 1
| cup | Packed stemmed fresh parsley | | 1/4
| cup | Fresh lemon juice | | 1/4
| cup | Red wine vinegar | | 1
| tsp | Curry powder | | 1
| tsp | Sugar | | 3/4
| tsp | Ground cumin | | 1/2
| tsp | Pepper | | 1
| cup | Olive oil | | 1
| each | Red onion | | | -- peeled, finely chopped | | 1
| cup | Sliced Kalamata olives | | | -- (pitted) | | 2/3
| cup | Dried currants | | 2/3
| cup | Toasted pine nuts | | | Fresh parsley sprigs | | | Cherry tomatoes |
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Procedures:
| 1 | Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally. | | 2 | Drain. | | 3 | Rinse under cold water; drain well. | | 4 | Transfer pasta to large bowl. | | 5 | Meanwhile, blend garlic and salt to paste in processor, scraping down sides of bowl occasionally. | | 6 | Add 1 cup parsley and mince. | | 7 | Blend in lemon juice, vinegar, curry, sugar, cumin and pepper. | | 8 | With machine running, gradually add oil through feed tube in thin steady stream. | | 9 | Pour dressing over pasta. | | 10 | Add onion, olives, currants and pine nuts to pasta and toss. | | 11 | Season with pepper. | | 12 | Cover and refrigerate until chilled, about 2 hours. | | 13 | (can be made 1 day ahead). | | 14 | Garnish salad with parsley sprigs and cherry tomatoes and serve. | | 15 | Edena sheldon in "bon appetit" august, 1991 |
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