Chopped Pesto Pasta Salad

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Chopped Pesto Pasta Salad | A quick fix option that’s perfect for those lazier summer days ☀️I love that it all comes together on just a chopping board- defo one of my go-to recipes this summer!

Serves: 4
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cooking Time: 15 minutes

400g penne pasta
300g tomatoes; a mixture of one large vine and multicoloured cherry tomatoes
100g fresh basil
1 clove garlic
50g pine nuts
35g capers, chopped
8 slices prosciutto
100g parmesan, plus extra to serve
100 - 150ml extra virgin olive oil
Sea salt & freshly ground black pepper
Sourdough garlic baguette, to serve
Firstly, toast pine nuts in a separate pan until golden. Remove from the pan and set aside
Next, fry the prosciutto until crispy and set aside.
Fill a pot a quarter full of water and place over a high heat with a lid, Boil the kettle and place into a large pot. Season with salt and add the pasta.
While the pasta cooks, chop the cherry tomatoes finely and use a box grater to grate any larger tomatoes, scooping both pulp and juices into a bowl. Season with salt, pepper and extra virgin olive oil, stir and set aside.
For the pesto, mash the garlic onto the chopping board with sea salt, and put to one side then chop the basil and slowly mix the chopped garlic and basil together. Add the pine nuts and continue to chop then add the parmesan and some salt and pepper. When everything is finely chopped, drizzle over about 50ml of the olive oil, chopping again to mix everything then add half of the pesto to the bowl with the tomatoes. Stir through the capers.
Now, drain the pasta and put into the bowl with the tomatoes and toss everything together - adding more parmesan and some salt and black pepper. Fold the pasta and ‘sauce’ together, topped with the prosciutto broken shards and add more oil if needed.
Serve in bowls with the extra pesto, parmesan and a final hit of extra virgin olive oil.
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