Cherry Chicken Pasta Salad

Ingredients

• 1 cup almonds toasted
• 1 cup celery diced
• 1 tablespoon champagne vinegar 
• 2 cups meat from a rotisserie chicken diced cooked to taste
• 0.3 cup confectioners' sugar 
• 1 cup cherries dried
• 0.5 teaspoon ground pepper black
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt 
• 2 cups mayonnaise 
• 2 tablespoons poppy seeds 
• 1 pound rotini pasta 
• 2 tablespoons water cold

Equipment

• bowl
• whisk
• pot

Directions

1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain and rinse under cold water.
2. Combine chicken, cherries, celery, almonds, and pasta together in a large bowl.
3. Whisk mayonnaise, confectioners' sugar, water, vinegar, poppy seeds, salt, and black pepper together in a separate bowl; fold dressing into chicken-pasta mixture.