Pasta Fredda

Description

Cold or warm and simple pasta ‘salad’. A recurrent dish in Italy during the warm/hot seasons. Best served with a light, dry white wine. Serve lukewarm or cold. The more it is allowed to sit, the more the flavors attach to the other ingredients.

Ingredients

  • 1 (8 ounce) package farfalle (bow tie) pasta
  • 20 cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 7 ounces bocconcini (small balls of fresh mozzarella cheese)
  • ¾ cup black olives
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 6 fresh basil leaves
  • 1 ½ teaspoons fresh oregano leaves

Instructions

  1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook the bow-tie pasta at a boil
  2. stirring occasionally
  3. until cooked through yet firm to the bite
  4. about 12 minutes; drain and cool to room temperature.
  5. Combine tomatoes
  6. bocconcini
  7. olives
  8. olive oil
  9. basil
  10. and oregano in a large bowl; toss to evenly coat. Add pasta to tomato mixture and toss.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 45 mins

Servings: 4

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