My favorite restaurant is Noodles & Company.
If I could afford to go there every single day I would! I order the same thing every time I go, and it is their Pesto Cavatappi.
The mushrooms, tomatoes, and delicious sauce can make just about any bad day turn into the best day!
I have been searching for a recipe that tastes remotely close to the real thing, and I think I finally figured it out!
Here is the Six Sisters’ version of Noodles & Co. Pesto Cavatappi.
Serves: 4
Noodles and Company Pesto Cavatappi Copycat Recipe
One of our favorite restaurants is Noodles & Company and we love their Pesto Cavatappi. The mushrooms, tomatoes, and delicious sauce make this one of our favorite dishes.
Ingredients
Pesto Sauce
- 15 basil leaves
- ½ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons garlic minced
- 1 ½ Tablespoons olive oil
Pasta
- 8 ounces pasta Cavatappi
- 1 cup fresh mushrooms sliced
- ½ Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
- ½ teaspoon garlic salt
- ¼ cup milk
- ½ cup shredded Parmesan cheese for topping
Instructions
Pesto Sauce
- Rinse basil leaves in cold water.
- In a food processor or high-power blender, combine basil leaves, Parmesan cheese, salt, garlic, and olive oil. It will create a paste looking sauce (if it is too thick, you can add a little milk to the sauce).
Pasta
- Cook noodles according to the directions on the box.
- While the noodles are cooking, saute mushrooms with 1/2 Tablespoon olive oil over medium heat.
- After about 3 minutes, add your sliced cherry tomatoes along with your garlic salt and let them cook together for about 8 minutes stirring occasionally.
- After your noodles are done, drain them completely.
- Reduce heat on tomato and mushrooms to low, and add your noodles to the saute pan.
- Stir in noodles, then add pesto sauce to the mixture. Once everything is mixed together, add 1/4 cup of milk to the mixture. You can add more or less depending on how thick you would like your sauce.
- Top with Parmesan cheese.
Video
Notes
It is also very tasty with grilled chicken (just like at Noodles & Company!).
Nutrition
Calories: 197 kcal · Carbohydrates: 7 g · Protein: 11 g · Fat: 14 g · Saturated Fat: 5 g · Cholesterol: 19 mg · Sodium: 1291 mg · Potassium: 399 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 5 g · Vitamin A: 727 IU · Vitamin C: 14 mg · Calcium: 331 mg · Iron: 1 mg
Equipment
- Food processor/blender
- sauce pan
- Frying pan
Recipe Details
Recipe Adapted from: ourwaytoeat.com
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Copy cat or not, this looks fantastic! I'll have to pass this along to the spouse, who's a pasta nut. Thanks for sharing!
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Yay! Thank you! This is the only thing I ever order there, too!
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I love pesto, I'll have to give this a try!
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I've been trying to duplicate my favorite dish from Noodles, Pasta Fresca. I have the basic idea down but can't get it to taste just like theirs. I swear I'm gonna get a job there just so I can learn the secrets ;) I think you should try this one next!
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Where do you find your noodles? I have been looking for them forever.
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Hi there, Thanks for linking my recipe. I wanted to give you a tip on thinning the pesto, (which should be thick....) I use a bit of the salty pasta water and it helps the cheese melt a little, adds more flavor and is a way to thin the sauce other than using milk. I think your version sounds great, but if you really want the Noodles and Co. flavor, you've got to use fresh mushrooms. That's just my 2 cents. Have a great day.
