Amuse Bouche St. Patrick's Day Pasta Appetizer Recipe


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Here is a simple idea to delight your palate using green pesto already made for you, just purchase a tube at the grocers. Add a "bow tie", pine nuts and cheese for an amuse bouche.  It doesn't get any easier than this! 
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Amuse Bouche St. Patrick's Day appetizer



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Amuse Bouche
St. Patrick's Day Appetizer
recipe and photograph created by Peggy Bucholz for my website www.finedinings.com




Recipe Type: amuse bouche, appetizer, pasta, pesto, St. Patrick's Day


Prep Time: 20 min
Total Time: 20 min

Ingredients:

4 farfalle pasta (bow tie pasta)
4 teaspoons Italian Dressing
4 tablespoon Basil green Pesto, available in tubes
4 fresh basil sprigs
12 pine nuts, toasted
4 Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese wedges (1-inch x 1/4-inch x l/4-inch)
cookie cutter, (St. Patrick's Shamrock)

Instruction:

Cook farfalle bow tie pasta according to directions; drain; transfer to small bowl; add Italian Dressing.

Place shamrock cookie cutter on serving plate, squeeze out a small amount of basil pesto inside cookie cutter. Remove cookie cutter, arrange pasta, fresh basil sprig, pine nuts and cheese wedge on plate and serve this St. Patrick's Day amuse bouche appetizer.

Wine recommendation: Pinot Gris; Chardonnay





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