Recipes
Summery pasta salad
Season :Spring/ summer
Servings :2/3
Diet :X (Vegetarian optional)
Time :30 minutes
Difficulty :Easy
This pasta salad is incredibly easy to make and so delicious! Perfect to take to a picnic or bbq. For a vegetarian option, swap the anchovies for capers.
INGREDIENTS
- 100 gr. peas
- 100 gr. broad beans
- 200 gr. orecchiette pasta
- 2 roasted peppers from a jar
- 250 gr. tomatoes
- 15 gr. basil
- 2 spring onions
- Handful watercress/rocket
- 1 ball of buffalo mozzarella
Dressing
- 2 anchovies (or capers)
- 1/4-1/2 lemon
- Salt and pepper
- 1 small garlic clove
- 3 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
PREPARATION
- Add the dressing ingredients to a pestle and mortar or blend with a hand blender until smooth.
- Bring a pan of salted water to the boil. Boil the peas and broad beans for 3 minutes and scoop into a colander (use the boiling water for the pasta afterwards). Add to a large bowl and pour the dressing over the beans. Use a masher to flatten the beans so that the dressing can be absorbed.
- Meanwhile, cook the orecchiette according to the package.
- Cut the tomatoes into quarters, the peppers into cubes, the spring onion into thin slices, coarsely chop the watercress and tear the basil and mozzarella into pieces.
- Mix all the above ingredients together in the bowl of beans.
- Drain the pasta and rinse under cold water, add to the salad.
- Mix everything well and add extra salt, pepper, olive oil, lemon juice etc. to taste and serve!
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