The bold sharp taste of dandelion gets tamed with feta cheese in this easy to make pasta salad.
Pasta Salad with Dandelion Greens & Feta Cheese
Print This Recipe Yield 6Source Developed in tandem with Spinach TigerPublishedserves 6
Ingredients
- 1 bunch dandelion greens, trimmed
- 1 pound pasta of your choice
- freshly ground balck pepper to taste
- ½ pound feta cheese, crumbled up or cubed
- 1 cup kalamata olives, pitted & halved lengthwise
- salt to taste plus more for pasta water
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- juice & zest of one large lemon
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
Directions
Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Add a generous amount of salt. Cook the pasta until al dente according to package directions.
Whisk ½ cup olive oil, lemon juice, lemon zest, red-pepper flakes with a pinch of salt in large bowl. Drain the pasta and add it to this mixture, stirring to coat the pasta well. Taste for seasoning. Set aside.
Lay the dandelion greens out onto a large serving platter or bowl. Top them with the still warm pasta and stir to combine. Let the salad cool completely, then top with the the olives, feta cheese, a drizzle of olive oil, and a few grinds of black pepper.
What a beautiful marriage of my 2 favorites…chocolate and peanut butter. Throw in that cream cheese and you can’t possibly beat it. I think I’ve died and gone to dessert heaven.
I made chocolate cheesecake bars today, and this is still making me long for chocolate — sheeeesh!
The cake looks delicious.
Do I really need an entire book on Chocolate cakes?! My waistline tells me definitely not, but what the heck does my waistline know about anything?!
Oh gosh, when I lived in the States, I developed a serious addiction to peanut butter cups. And combined with chocolate in that way, oh my. I feel the need to lie down and digest the idea of this cake.
I feel like saying to you in Sally Field style, “you are baking, you really are baking.”
I need this book because I“m always losing my chocolate cake recipes.
Don’t you know about my problem? My cookbook buying problem? I just ordered 5 for mothers day :} and now after seeing your delicious cake I’m feeling the urge to buy another.
Glad to know I’m not the only one with a cookbook buying obsession! I don’t like to consider it a “problem!” Greg, my husband will LOVE this cake! He absolutely cannot say no to two foods; chocolate and peanut butter. His birthday is coming up and I’ve just decided this will be the grand birthday cake!! Thanks!!
Two of my absolute favorite flavors! Here’s a pastry tip for you, put the cake on wire rack with a baking sheet underneath, warm the ganache slightly in large glass measuring cup. Pour in the middle of cake and work your way out in circles to the edge of cake. It will give it a very clean look, let sit and the fridge to set!
Beautiful job, by the way!
What terrific cake! Totally decadent!
I love chocolate. Would be dangerous if I knew how to make chocolate desserts like these from scratch ;).
This doesn’t look particularly good… No, it looks absolutely scrumptious!
Now, the reason I don’t make cakes is because I have no will power and I’m pretty certain I’d devour the whole thing.
i want to have a look at that cookbook. i made a very similiar pb/ganache cake like that and it was soooo good. have a wonderful holiday… i bet you are off to palm springs? wonderful
Yep Springs! That’s why there is lovely green grass in the background. GREG
You must have made this cake for me because chocolate with peanut butter is my favorite way to enjoy chocolate! Sounds like a great book. I love her Cupcakes book too.