Pasta salad, Capri-style
( Insalata di pasta caprese )

Pasta salad, Capri-style recipe

Preparation and cooking

• - Prepare pasta salad dressing.
• - Put anchovy pieces in a great bowl together with olive oil and chives. Stir accurately.
• - Now add chopped tomatoes.
• - Halve black olives and add to the bowl.
• - Wash basil leaves and pat dry with kitchen paper.
  Cut them by hands and add to the bowl.
  Remember to put 2 to 3 whole leaves apart to garnish your dish.
• - Season to taste with salt and stir with delicacy. Put apart.
• - Cook pasta and combine it with the sauce.
  Bring a kettle of salted water to the boil.
  Cook pasta al dente stage.
  Drain your pasta, run under cold water in order to stop cooking and drain well again.
  Add pasta to the bowl.
  Stir with delicacy.

Just before serving

• - And cherry mozzarellas?
  Little mozzarellas are preserved in specific liquid.
  Put them in a colander to remove the excess of liquid an hour before to use them (if it's hot put the colander in the fridge).
  Add them to your pasta just before serving it.
• - Your Caprese pasta salad is ready!

Note

Tips

• - You can serve this Capri-style pasta salad as soon as you prepare it or after an hour without chilling it if you don't like pasta salad preserved in the fridge.
  On the contrary you can prepare this pasta salad in advance, chill and bring it back to room temperature half an hour to an hour before serving.
  In every case add cherry mozzarellas at the last minute.
• - In summer prefer fresh chives for a better taste.

Menu planning

• - You can choose this pasta salad for you and your family in summer menus or prepare it for a special occasion.
  It's ideal in a meal, buffet-style, a garden party, a BBQ menu, alfresco dinner or, in other words, every time you have to plan a summer party.
• - Everyone will like it. It is a successful choice and you can combine it with fish or meat course too, without any problem for a tasty full menu. Consult our meat and fish directories to find your favorite recipes. Links below.

Useful links for this recipe

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Healthy eating

• - This pasta salad, Caprese-style is a typical one-plate meal for summer if chosen for your family menu.
  You can complete your meal with seasonal fresh fruit.
  This pasta salad has a lot of ingredients. To stay within the daily nutrition values I had to lower the normal portion of pasta.
  The doses per head are: 60g (2.1 ounces) pasta, 6-8 black olives (stoned), a big or even two big ripe tomatoes (pay no attention to the amount of tomatoes ... it seems to have a fuller plate if there are a lot of vegetables and for those who are eternally hungry it's a good trick, isn't it?), 3 cherry mozzarellas, a little anchovy fillet in oil and 2 tsp olive oil.
  I remember you pasta should be eaten preferably at lunch.

Loretta

What's the right wine for " Pasta salad, Capri-style "?

Match this pasta salad to Fiano di Avellino (white wine from Campania - Italy).