True Blue

Ok, I was in the mood today for pasta salad and was wanting something more then your run of the mill kind, so today I made Radicchio-Pasta Salad.


Ingredients
Salt
1 pound orecchiette(I used bow-tie), cooked to al dente
2 tablespoons orange marmalade
1 small clove garlic, grated or very finely chopped
1 teaspoon finely chopped oregano leaves, from 2 sprigs
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1/3 cup EVOO
Freshly ground black pepper
1/2 small red onion, chopped
1 head radicchio


Bring water to a boil, salt it and cook pasta to al dente.

In a mixing bowl, whisk together the orange marmalade, garlic, oregano, mustard and vinegar. Stream the olive oil into dressing while whisking and season dressing with salt and pepper. Pull off 8 of the outer leaves of radicchio. Form serving cups for the pasta salad out of the leaves using 2 leaves to form each bowl. Chop remaining radicchio. Toss radicchio and pasta and onions with the dressing to combine. Serve pasta in lettuce bowls.


The Verdict.........this was a GREAT dish, the orange marmalade added a wonderful flavor and it was also super fast and easy to make. This would go great with Rachaels Blue Moon Burgers that I made back at the end of may.

Overall another wonderful dish from Rachael Ray.

Until tomorrow.......