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Confetti Penne

Type: Pasta, Vegetables
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 lb 227g / 8ozPenne
1 tablespoon 15mlOlive oil
2   Carrots; peeled - julienned
2   Zucchini; trimmed - julienned
3   Green onions - julienned
2 tablespoons 30mlChopped basil leaves
1/4 cup 59mlWhipping cream - whipped
2 tablespoons 30mlRice or cider vinegar
  Salt
  Freshly ground blk. Pepper
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlSesame oil
  Radicchio - (optional)
  Fresh basil - (optional)
  Baby zucchini - (optional)

Recipe Instructions

Cook penne in boiling salted water until al dente. Drain well. Toss with olive oil and chill, covered. Cook carrots just until tender-crisp. Chill. At serving time, toss penne with carrots, zucchini, green onions, basil, whipped cream and vinegar. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir in sesame oil. Garnish with radicchio, fresh basil leaves and baby zucchini, if desired.

Source:
Cooking Light, Nov/Dec 1994, page 144

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