Cherry Mint Summer Pasta Salad
This summer’s best pasta salad recipe is the Cherry Mint Summer Pasta Salad. It’s creamy, tart and sweet with pops of corn and savory onion.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 10 - 12 servings 1x
Ingredients
3 cups dry pasta
1/4 cup toasted almonds
1 pound cherries pitted, (10 for the dressing, the rest quartered)
1/2 cup diced red onion
1 1/2 cup corn
3 ounces goat cheese crumbles
|| Dressing ||
10 pitted cherries
juice of one large lemon (about 1/4 cup)
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon honey
1/3 cup fresh mint, packed
1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
Cook pasta to package directions and let cool to room temperature before dressing. Add olive oil and run cold clean water over the pasta and toss to keep from sticking together.
Toast almonds over medium/high heat until slightly browned and set aside.
Pit about a pound of fresh PNW cherries. Set 10 aside for the dressing. Quarter the remaining cherries and dice the onion. In a medium to large bowl, place in the cooled pasta, cherries, onion, corn and goat cheese.
Place the 10 pitted cherries, juice of lemon, apple cider vinegar, sour cream, honey, fresh mint and salt into a blender and blend until the mixture is creamy and the mint is rice sized. Pour over the pasta mixture and stir until well combined.
Top with toasted almonds and enjoy!
Keywords: cherry, mint, pasta, side
Find it online: https://www.oliveandartisan.com/cherry-mint-summer-pasta-salad/