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Pasta with Yogurt Sauce

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30 min

Pasta with Yogurt Sauce

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Time

30 min

Serving

7 persons

Calories

295

Rating

4.00★ (72)

Cuisine

Author: Victoria Buriak
This is a Middle Eastern adaptation using any pasta--fusilli, elbow macaroni, penne, shells, etc. It is just as tasty eaten cold or warm, and is a quick fix for a hurry up meal. Sahtain!--to your health!

Ingredients

  • pasta: 1 pack (16 ounce pack)
  • butter: 1 Tbsp (optional)
  • plain yogurt: 2 cups
  • garlic: 4 clove (minced)
  • salt: 1 tsp
  • fresh parsley: 2 Tbsp (chopped)
  • pine nuts: 3 Tbsp (optional)
  • butter: 2 Tbsp (optional)

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Stages of cooking

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  1. Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente.
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  2. Using a mortar and pestle, mash the salt and garlic cloves together into a paste. Warm the yogurt slightly in a sauce pan. Remove a small amount of warmed yogurt from the pan, and stir together with the garlic paste. Stir this mixture into the remaining yogurt
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  3. Drain the pasta, and rinse in cold water. Place in a casserole or deep serving dish, toss with 1 tablespoon butter or margarine. Toss with half of the garlic-yogurt sauce. Spread the remaining sauce over the pasta. Garnish with the parsley.
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  4. For a very special dish, brown the pine nuts in 2 tablespoons butter or margarine. Pour over the parsley. Serve immediately.
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