DIRTY MARTINI PASTA SALAD

 

Dirty Martini Pasta Salad is delicious and was inspired by

The Martini Cocktail.

This cocktail is one you eat chilled!

It's filled with tons of buttery

Castelvetrano olives, tangy blue cheese crumbles, fresh

parsley, toasted pine nuts, lemon and yes.... Vodka :) :)

Dirty Martini Pasta Salad is mixed ...not Shaken or Stirred.

Got my bar set up!

Start with boiling a box of Mafalda Corta pasta until aldente

and then roast up the pine nuts on the stove.

Slice up about 2 cups of Castelvetrano olives or

more if you love them like I do :)

For the dressing you will need...

Garlic Expressions Vinaigrette and if you don't have it use another

Italian dressing but Garlic Expressions gives so

much fabulous garlic flavor.

Olive Brind, Olive Oil, Lemon and Vodka!

Measuring for this dressing is all done by taste.

A little of this and then a little more of that :)

Grab the cooked pasta and toss it all into a larger

bowl and tumble in a bunch of the pine nuts.

Throw as many olives into the bowl as you like because

it's your Martini...right?

Blue cheese isn't 100% necessary but it's sooo good! Even if you

don't like it, start with 1/4 cup then taste! Add more

if you like because it's so yummy!

The zest and juice of one lemon!

Lots of fresh parsley for taste and color.

Pour in all the Dirty Martini Dressing.

Give the bowl a good mix and remember...to not

Shake or Stir :)

How does it taste?

Just a bit more Garlic Expressions for me.

Pour all the Dirty Martini Pasta Salad into a serving bowl

It is heaven and I know you're going to love it.

Serve the Dirty Martini Pasta Salad in Martini glasses for sure!

What goes better with this salad other than a

Cold Dirty Martin (shaken..not stirred).

These are for you and lets toast to

The Dirty Martinis.

Enjoy!

P.S.

Sometimes you meet people who change your life for the better.

Those people are called Bartenders :)