Name: Mediterranean Pasta Salad
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 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

Seafood

4 servings

606 cal/serving

Instructions

Step 1

Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil

Salt

Step 2

Add the farfalle to the boiling water, stir once, and cook about 10 minutes or per packet

Farfalle

Step 3

Wash the baby plum tomatoes and quarter them

Baby plum tomatoes

Step 4

Slice the green olives

Green Olives

Step 5

Wash the fresh basil

Fresh basil

Step 6

Place the tomatoes in a salad bowl, tear basil leaves over them, add 1 tablespoon olive oil, and toss

Baby plum tomatoesFresh basilExtra virgin olive oil

Step 7

Drain the pasta and run cold water over it to cool

Farfalle

Step 8

Add the cooled pasta to the salad bowl and toss with the tomato-basil mixture

Farfalle

Step 9

Add the sliced olives, drained mozzarella balls, and chunks of tuna; mix and let rest at least 30 minutes

Green OlivesMozzarella ballsTuna

Step 10

Grind black pepper over the pasta and drizzle with the remaining olive oil just before serving

PepperExtra virgin olive oil