Secret Ingredient Pasta Salad With Jammy Tomatoes | Home Movies with Alison Roman
Today we’re making pasta salad. Again. But different! A new one! This is not a “every vegetable in the crisper” pasta salad and it’s certainly not an “antipasto platter in a bowl” pasta salad. In the pasta salad world I’m living in, pasta salad is a focused and thoughtful assembly of a few ingredients, all treated a little differently– in this case, burst, jammy tomatoes, vinegar marinated onions and crumbles of hard, salty cheese (if you want), and a very cool, extremely special secret ingredient (it’s sun-dried tomatoes). This pasta salad is meant to be enjoyed as a side dish, with grilled chicken, or perhaps a hot dog. Welcome back from the 80s and 90s, sun-dried tomatoes, we (and all our pasta salads) have missed you.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Secret Ingredient Pasta Salad
00:34 Don’t treat pasta salad as a dumping ground
02:23 The secret is sun-dried tomatoes!
03:54 Cook it, drain it, dress it
06:20 Quick, brief, extremely rapid tomato saute
09:46 Don’t throw away that sun-dried tomato oil
12:55 One “hour” later…
14:00 That’s a pretty dope pasta salad
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Director: Daniel Hurwitz (@dannyhurwitz)
DP: Dennis Robert Thomas (@dennisorthomas)
B-Cam: Sean Ryan
Audio: Yves Albaret (@yvesarmand)
Editor: Rick Symonds (ricksymonds.com)
Culinary: Rebecca Firkser (@rebeccafirkser)
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Italian Style Pasta Salad with Artichokes & Sundried Tomatoes - Easy Pasta Salad Recipe | Blondelish
This Italian Style Pasta Salad with Artichokes and Tomatoes is a super quick and easy pasta salad recipe that takes just 20 minutes to make.
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Ingredients
Salad:
▢2 tsp sea salt
▢8 oz (226g) short-cut pasta of choice
▢6 oz (170g) Italian salami - chopped
▢1 14-ounce (396g) jar marinated artichoke halves - drained and chopped
▢8 oz (226g) fresh mozzarella pearls - drained
▢1/4 cup (25g) Parmesan Cheese - finely grated
▢1/2 cup (90g) black olives - pitted and sliced diagonally
▢1/2 cup (90g) green olives - pitted and sliced diagonally
▢10 oz (283g) cherry tomatoes - halved
▢1/2 medium red onion - finely diced
▢1/3 cup parsley - finely chopped
Italian dressing:
▢3 tbsp (45ml) white wine vinegar
▢1/4 cup (60ml) extra virgin olive oil
▢3 tbsp (45ml) mayonnaise
▢2 tsp Italian seasoning mix
▢1 tbsp raw honey
▢1 garlic clove - finely grated or pressed
▢Sea salt and ground pepper - or to taste
Instructions
1. Fill a large pot with water and add 2 teaspoons of sea salt. Bring to a boil over high.
2. Once bubbling, carefully add in the pasta and cook according to package instructions.
3. Meanwhile, in a small jar, add all the dressing ingredients and shake vigorously to emulsify.
4. Chop all the ingredients for the salad.
5. Once the pasta is cooked to al dente, drain and set aside in a large bowl. Allow it to cool for a few minutes.
6. Add the remaining prepped ingredients to the bowl with the pasta.
7. Drizzle with the dressing.
8. Toss to combine and serve!
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Expert Tips
Be sure to only cook the pasta to al-dente, which usually means 1-2 minutes less than the time on the package. Also, if your pasta noodles tend to stick together, you may want to add a tablespoon of oil to the cooking water.
When it comes to cutting the artichokes, olives, and tomatoes, I recommend cutting some into very small pieces and others into larger pieces. The tiny pieces will mix up very well and infuse the dish with flavor, and the bigger ones will give the salad more texture.
For even more freshness, you can add greens. Arugula, spinach, kale, or chopped cucumber are all great. I would even go for some blanched asparagus! I love asparagus in salad, like this salad with asparagus, avocado, and tomatoes. Blanched broccoli would be a great addition as well.
Letting the pasta cool a bit before you add the other ingredients will help make sure the cheese doesn’t melt. You can pop it into the fridge if you’re in a time crunch. Toss the pasta every few minutes to release more steam and heat.
FAQs
How to make the best pasta salad dressing?
This Italian pasta salad dressing is simple. I think the best version is a bit creamy, but the important thing is the flavor. So make sure to use high-quality olive oil and vinegar; it will make the difference, I promise!
To make an easy Italian dressing for pasta salad or any salad, you need a few simple ingredients like EVOO, red wine vinegar, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Add everything to a small jar. If you want the dressing creamier, you can add mayo. Adding a sweetener like honey or maple syrup will help balance all the flavors. Add the lid tightly and shake to emulsify.
Can you make the dressing without mayo?
Yes, you can leave the mayo out of the dressing. But since it adds delicious creaminess, I recommend replacing it with plain yogurt or sour cream.
Can I make this easy pasta salad recipe vegan?
Yes! I’ve tested it as a vegan Italian pasta salad and loved it! Here’s what I changed to make it vegan:
1. First, I used vegan mayo for the dressing and substituted honey for maple syrup.
2. Next, I substituted the Italian salami for chopped vegan sausage. You could also use chickpeas or another bean.
3. Finally, swapped out the parmesan for nutritional yeast and used vegan mozzarella.
Can I make the salad with leftovers?
Oh yes! Leftover shredded or diced chicken or turkey work very well in this easy pasta salad recipe. Also try grilled veggies! I love the salad with grilled peppers or zucchini!
Can you make this easy pasta salad recipe for meal prep?
If you ask me, this makes the perfect pasta salad for meal prep. That’s because it doesn’t include any greens that get mushy. So go ahead and double or triple the recipe so you can enjoy it all week long. Then simply store the salad in air-tight containers in the fridge for up to 5 days.
However, I do not recommend freezing the salad. That’s because cooked pasta and cheese will lose their nice texture after freezing and defrosting.
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My FAVORITE Pasta Salad ???? #shorts #reels #food #cooking #recipe #salad #summer #pasta
12oz pasta …cooked and cooled
8 oz Chopped kale …massaged and softened
1/2-3/4 cup Pesto (I used homemade pesto)
1/3-1/2 cup feta … to your liking
1/3 cup sliced sun dried tomatoes
3-4 tbsp olive oil
3-4 tbsp red wine vinegar
Salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes to your taste
Let sit in fridge to “marinate “ for a couple hours ????
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Mediterreanean Pasta Salad with Olives, Feta, Sundried tomatoes, Parmesan and Capers
This Salad is packed with delicious ingredients like sundried tomatoes, olives, capers, parsley, feta and parsley cheeses. Great summer salad but also a fabulous pick me up salad during the dull winter months, try it today! Presented by Karen Ahmed. Music courtesy of the Audio Network. Part of the Tastemade Network.
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