Italian pasta salad

AUTHOR
Xavier Baldwin
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3.8 8
COOK TIME
40 mins
TOTAL TIME
40 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 6
  • 500 g short pasta (e.g. penne rigate)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 125 g dried tomatoes
  • 1 collar Parsley
  • 75 g Salt almonds (roasted and salted almond kernels)
  • 100 ml dark balsamic vinegar
  • 2 TEASPOONS Mustard
  • 2 TABLESPOONS liquid honey
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 5 TABLESPOONS Olive oil
  • 30 g Capers
  • 150 g Kalamata olives without stone
  • 25 g Parmesan cheese

Directions

  1. 1

    Cook the pasta in boiling salted water according to the instructions on the packet. Then pour into a sieve, quench and drain well. In the meantime, roughly chop the tomatoes. Pour into boiling water, bring to the boil and simmer for about 2 minutes. Pour into a sieve and drain well.

  2. 2

    Wash parsley, shake dry and chop. Chop the almonds coarsely. For the vinaigrette, mix vinegar, mustard and honey well. Season with salt and pepper. Fold in the oil.

  3. 3

    In a large bowl, mix pasta, tomatoes, capers, olives, almonds and parsley, except for a little bit for sprinkling. Mix in the vinaigrette and let it stand for about 30 minutes. Stir several times.

  4. 4

    Use a peeler to slice cheese into shavings. Arrange the pasta salad in a large bowl, sprinkle with cheese, parsley and pepper.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
570 kcal
CARBS
71 g
FATS
25 g
PROTEINS
16 g

Categories & Tags

Main Dishes