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🍝 Fresh Pasta Salad with Italian Flair

365 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 500 g pasta (e.g. bow-tie)
• salt
• 1 cucumber
• 2 yellow bell peppers
• 250 g cherry tomatoes
• 1 bunch basil
• 100 g black olives (pitted)
• 40 g shaved parmesan
• 2 tbsp pine nuts
• 3 sprigs fresh thyme
• 1 garlic clove
• 10 sun-dried tomatoes in oil
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• salt
• 1 dried chili pepper
• 2 tbsp freshly grated parmesan
• 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
• salt
• pepper

Instructions

1. 1. Fill a large pot with water and bring it to a boil.
2. 2. Season the water generously with salt.
3. 3. Cook the pasta in it according to the package instructions until al dente.
4. 4. Reserve a small amount of the cooking water for the dressing.
5. 5. Drain the pasta through a sieve.
6. 6. Rinse the pasta briefly with cold water.
7. 7. Let the pasta cool down to lukewarm.
8. 8. Peel the cucumber.
9. 9. Cut the cucumber lengthwise into two halves.
10. 10. Scrape out the seeds from the cucumber halves.
11. 11. Cut the cucumber halves into thin half-moons.
12. 12. Remove the stems, seeds, and membranes from the bell peppers.
13. 13. Wash the bell peppers.
14. 14. Cut the bell peppers into quarters.
15. 15. Cut the pepper quarters into thin strips.
16. 16. Wash the tomatoes.
17. 17. Cut the tomatoes into quarters.
18. 18. Wash the basil.
19. 19. Shake the basil dry.
20. 20. Finely chop the basil leaves.
21. 21. Toast the pine nuts in a pan without fat.
22. 22. Let the pine nuts cool down.
23. 23. Wash the thyme.
24. 24. Strip the thyme leaves from the stems.
25. 25. Finely chop the thyme.
26. 26. Peel the garlic.
27. 27. Chop the garlic.
28. 28. Chop the dried tomatoes.
29. 29. Place the pine nuts, garlic, dried tomatoes, and oil into a blender.
30. 30. Add a pinch of salt and the crumbled chili pepper.
31. 31. Blend the mixture into a fine paste.
32. 32. Stir in the grated Parmesan cheese.
33. 33. Stir in the chopped thyme.
34. 34. Whisk the mixture with the vinegar.
35. 35. Thin the dressing with a little pasta cooking water.
36. 36. Season the dressing with salt and pepper.
37. 37. Mix the cooled pasta with the prepared salad ingredients.
38. 38. Pour the dressing over the salad.
39. 39. Let the salad marinate covered for one hour.
40. 40. Taste the salad again before serving.
41. 41. Sprinkle the salad with shaved Parmesan cheese.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 365
• Protein: 13 g · Fett/Fat: 12 g · Carbs: 50 g