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.
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Six Sisters Stuff
Serves: 4
Noodles & Company Pesto Cavatappi Copycat
10 minPrep Time
15 minCook Time
25 minTotal Time
Save RecipeIngredients
- 15 basil leaves
- 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 1/2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 8 ounces Cavatappi noodles (or any kind of pasta)
- 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1/2 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes (sliced in half)
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2 shredded Parmesan cheese (for topping)
Pesto Sauce
Pasta
Instructions
- 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).
- 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.
Pesto Sauce
Pasta:
Notes
It is also very tasty with grilled chicken (just like at Noodles & Company!).
Calories
543 cal
Fat
43 g
Carbs
24 g
Protein
24 g
7.8.1.2
207
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Recipe Adapted from: ourwaytoeat.com
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