Company Chicken Pasta Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups conchiglie (small seashell pasta shapes)
3 1/2 cups diced cooked chicken breasts, poached
1/2 cup diced celery
1/2 cup diced dried apricot
1/2 cup sultana raisin
salt
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
1/3 cup mayonnaise (use a good quality such as Hellmans, or do as I do and make your own)
1/2 teaspoon curry powder
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup cashews, toasted and chopped

Preparation

Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente (about 8 to 10 minutes); drain
Run under cool water to chill and drain again
In a medium bowl, combine the chicken, celery, apricots, raisins, cooked pasta, salt and white pepper, mixing well
In another bowl, combine the mayonnaise, curry powder, cumin, coriander, rice vinegar and sugar; whisking ingredients together
Toss this dressing with the chicken mixture
Cover bowl and chill for at least 2 hours before serving
Serve on chilled plates, sprinkling with the toasted cashews