Recipe for pasta salad with red pesto

This recipe is based on this pasta salt with green pesto and baked carrots. Now it's just made in a red version, with a few extra ingredients; Chorizo ​​sausage, chickpeas and tomatoes. They were roasted in the oven with the carrots, and then it was turned over with pasta and pesto. Just 30 minutes and the food is ready to serve - and it tastes so delicious.

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Pasta salad with chorizo

Chorizo ​​is a spicy Spanish sausage, and is just so delicious to use in the kitchen. It goes well with everything from a good Spanish sausage dish to a delicious omelette. It gives an incredible amount of flavor, and when the sausage is fried, it can become crispy and crispy like bacon. That's how chorizo ​​is used in this recipe. It is cut into slices (finally not too thin, because then they will burn), and then they are baked together with vegetables and chickpeas. That way they also help to give the other ingredients a good flavor. 

Tips and variations for pasta salad with red pesto

• If tomatoes are not in season, you can easily omit them. You can easily use other vegetables such as red peppers or mushrooms instead. 
• Instead of chorizo, you can use coarsely diced bacon.
• You can use all kinds of different pastas for the salad. 
• Turn the pasta salad into a delicious pasta dish by using spaghetti. This way it doesn't keep as well in the fridge but is delicious to enjoy cold. 
• You can either make your own red pesto or use a store-bought version. You can also use other types of pesto instead.