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.
Serving4
Ingredients
Pesto Sauce
- 15 basil leaves
- ½ cup 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 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.
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