Summer pasta salad
Pasta salad is very common in Italy in the summer. For one it is a quick way to make a tasty dish, in addition it is filled with a lot of good stuff: mainly vegetables. TIP: if you use fresh tomatoes the seasoning in the bowl will become very watery the more it rests. Do not keep it too long before consuming. If you want to prepare this salad in advance, remember to add the tomatoes only before serving it.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 380 gr of pasta
- 3 large tomatoes
- 1 tbs of capers
- 2 tbs olives you can use green black, greek olives, whichever you have on hand or prefer
- 3 oz can tuna
- basil or oregano to taste
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Boil the pasta according to the direction on the package, or follow my tips on how to boil pasta.
- While the pasta is cooking take a large bowl and add the tomatoes cut into cubes. Add the capers, slices olives and the tuna. Here I'm not washing my capers because they're made with a high quality sea salt from Sicily and, I prefer to use that salt to season the pasta and reduce or skip added salt altogether.
- Add the tuna and olive oil, salt and pepper and mix well.
- Drain the pasta and cool it with cold water and add it to the mixture.
- Mix well, and serve or keep in the refrigerator for a day.
