Zesty Shrimp Pasta Salad

Name: Zesty Shrimp Pasta Salad
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 1/4 cup, walnuts, toasted; 2 medium cloves, garlic, peeled; 2 cups, packed fresh cilantro leaves; 1 cup, packed fresh basil leaves; 3 , anchovy fillets, rinsed and patted dry; 1/2 cup, extra-virgin olive oil; 1 tablespoon, grated lime zest plus 3 tablespoons juice from 2 limes; 1/2 , jalapeno chile, seeds and ribs removed; , Table salt; 1 pound, fusilli or other short, curly pasta; 1 pound, cooked medium shrimp, peeled; 1 pint, grape tomatoes or cherry tomatoes, cut in half

Main Courses
Pasta
Fish & Seafood
Salads
30-Minute Suppers

Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2005

Instead of a mild, mellow pesto sauce for this salad, we turned up the heat by adding jalapeños.

SERVES 4 to 6

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