
Mediterranean Pasta Salad
Instructions
- 1
Bring a large saucepan of salted water to the boil
- 2
Add the pasta, stir once and cook for about 10 minutes or as directed on the packet.
- 3
Meanwhile, wash the tomatoes and cut into quarters. Slice the olives. Wash the basil.
- 4
Put the tomatoes into a salad bowl and tear the basil leaves over them. Add a tablespoon of olive oil and mix.
- 5
When the pasta is ready, drain into a colander and run cold water over it to cool it quickly.
- 6
Toss the pasta into the salad bowl with the tomatoes and basil.
- 7
Add the sliced olives, drained mozzarella balls, and chunks of tuna. Mix well and let the salad rest for at least half an hour to allow the flavours to mingle.
- 8
Sprinkle the pasta with a generous grind of black pepper and drizzle with the remaining olive oil just before serving.
Recipe from thelemonsqueezy.com
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Ingredients (9)
- •200 g mozzarella balls
- •250 g baby plum tomatoes
- •1 bunch fresh basil
- •350 g farfalle
- •3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- •40 g Green Olives
- •200 g tuna
- •to taste salt
- •to taste pepper
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