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Pasta Salad with Currants Olives and Pine Nuts

Yields:8 servings
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Recipe Cooking TimePreparation30 minutes
Cooking10 minutes
Ready In2 hours
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Ingredients

1 pound pasta, penne
1 each garlic clove quartered
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup parsley leaves packed, fresh, stemmed
1/4 cup lemon juice fresh
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 teaspoon sugar
3/4 teaspoon cumin ground
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup olive oil
1 each red onion peeled, finely chopped
1 cup kalamata olives sliced
2/3 cup currants dried
2/3 cup pine nuts toasted
1 x parsley sprigs fresh
1 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.

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*****

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Absolutely delicious. Presentation is excellent as well. Leftovers are great. Also, slice and use for sandwiches or a quick snack. I love this receipe.