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Barilla Red Lentil Fusilli with Celery Pesto, Potatoes, String Beans and Toasted Almonds
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Ingredients
Ingredient for 2 People:
- 120g Barilla® Red Lentil Fusilli
- 100g Potatoes
- 100g String beans
- 10g Pale celery leaves
- 20g Toasted almonds
- 100g Almond milk
- 5g Corn starch
- Salt and pepper
For the celery pesto:
- 80g Celery leaves
- 30g Untoasted peeled almonds
- 40g Extra virgin olive oil (evoo)
- Salt
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Instructions
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Blanch the celery leaves for 2 minutes in salted water (only 1 minute for basil leaves). Cool in iced water, drain and squeeze slightly. Use a powerful blender to blend them along with the untoasted almonds, oil and salt. The pesto must be very smooth
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Boil the string beans in salted water –cooking time can vary from 4 to 8 minutes depending on their consistency. Cool in iced water
- Cut the potatoes into 1 cm cubes and crush the toasted almonds
- Prepare a light sauce by bringing the almond milk to the boil with the cornstarch and seasoning with salt and pepper. Add the celery pesto at the end
- Bring a pan of water to the boil and add salt. Cook the Red Lentil Fusilli for 7-9 minutes
- Add the potatoes and green beans after two minutes
- Reserve a little cooking water to lengthen the sauce. Drain and sauté with the celery sauce
- Season with plenty of ground pepper. Garnish with green beans, toasted almonds and green celery leaves
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