Pasta salad: the recipe for a summer dish that everyone likes!

Pasta salad: the recipe for a summer dish that everyone likes!
  • Preparation time 15 Min.
  • Cooking time 10 Min.
  • Difficulty Media
  • Portions 4
  • Calories per Serving 413
  • Type of plate First

The warm months arrive and, with them, the desire to be at the stove for a long time disappears. No problem, we'll take care of it by offering you a delicious cold pasta!

Pasta salad is a typical Mediterranean recipe, known for its susceptibility to any type of ingredient, which will manage to turn a lunch or dinner at home with family, friends and why not, even at work and at the beach.

We offer you this recipe in a mouth-watering and colorful version made with seasonal vegetables: peppers, eggplant, zucchini and cherry tomatoes. If you wish, you can enrich the pasta with taggiasche olives, dried oregano, slivered almonds... Or you can try your hand at the crudaiola variant: made, precisely, raw, and without the need to turn on the stove.

Have we fed your curiosity? Then read on to consume it with whomever you like as a substitute for a less palatable hot meal.

Ingredients

  • 300gr of short pasta
  • 200gr Seasonal vegetables (peppers, eggplant, zucchini and cherry tomatoes)
  • 150gr buffalo mozzarella cheese
  • 1 bunch of fresh basil
  • q.b. of desalted capers
  • q.b. Parmesan cheese flakes
  • 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 1 clove of Garlic
  • q.b. Fine salt
  • q.b. Black pepper

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Instructions

1. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil and cook the pasta according to the instructions on the package until al dente.

2. In the meantime, cut the vegetables into chunks and cook them in a nonstick pan with a drizzle of oil and a clove of garlic.

3. Drain pasta al dente and cool under cold running water to stop cooking. Let it cool completely.

4. Cut the buffalo mozzarella into cubes, and in a large bowl, combine the cold pasta, vegetables, and buffalo mozzarella. Next, pour the Parmesan cheese flakes, desalted capers and a generous handful of basil into the bowl.

5. Dress the pasta salad with extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper, stirring gently to distribute the dressing evenly.

6. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving to allow the flavors to meld.

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