Garden Fresh Tortellini Salad
- 1 pound good quality fresh or frozen spinach tortellini
- 1 pound good quality fresh or frozen tortellini
- 1 head broccoli ( 1 pound) broken into florets and tender stems sliced
- 1 pound carrots, peeled and cut diagonally into 1/4 inch slices
- 3 leeks (white part and 2 inches green) well rinsed dried and cut into thin julienne
- 1 large sweet yellow pepper cored seeded and cut into julienne
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon dijon style mustard
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- finely grated zest of 1 orange
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cook the tortellini in boiling salted water according to package. Drain thoroughly and place in a large mixing bowl.
- 2 cook the broccoli florets stems carrots separately in boiling salted water just until tender. Drain and combine with the tortellini
- 3 blanch the julienned leeks 1 minute in boiling water drain. Add the leeks red and yellop peppers and fresh basil to the salad and toss to combine.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/garden-fresh-tortellini-salad-50093776 (may not work)