Lemon-Garlic Pasta Salad With Grilled Chorizo
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon coarse salt
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 lb penne
- black pepper, freshly ground
- 6 chorizo sausages, grilled
- 1 cup parmigiano-reggiano cheese, grated
directions
- Boil the pasta in salted water until al dente, about 8-10 minutes. About 1 minute before the pasta is done, take about 1/2 cup of the cooking liquid out of the pan before you drain the pasta. Reserve this liquid.
- Meanwhile, chop the garlic cloves with the coarse salt and smash it into a paste. (This takes away any strong burn of raw garlic.) Mix the garlic with the lemon juice, lemon zest, olive oil, tomatoes, pepper and oregano.
- Toss the hot pasta into the lemon-garlic sauce. As you toss the pasta through, add some of the cooking liquid little by little until it forms a sauce, you probably won't need all of the pasta water. Mix in the cheese. Taste for seasoning, add a bit more salt and pepper if you think it needs it.
- Slice the cooked sausage into bit size pieces and mix it into the pasta. Let the pasta sit covered for 5 minutes to let the flavors mingle.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
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