Italian tuna pasta salad
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2 hours 23 min
Bring your tuna pasta salad to a new level by adding capers, tomatoes, fresh basil and Parmesan cheese like the Italians do!
Monica
1 person made this
Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 325g farfalle or bow-tie pasta
- 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, divided
- 3 tablespoons of capers
- 2 tins tuna in oil, drained
- 5 fresh basil leaves, finely sliced
- 15 cherry tomatoes, halved
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 4 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
Method
Prep:15min ›
Cook:8min ›
Extra time:2hr chilling ›
Ready in:2hr23min
- Cook pasta in lightly salted boiling water according to the timing on the packaging; drain and transfer pasta into a large salad bowl.
- Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil; allow pasta to cool at room temperature for a few minutes.
- Add the capers, tuna, freshly chopped basil and cherry tomatoes to the pasta. Season with salt and pepper; toss to mix and chill salad in fridge for at least 2 hours.
- Just before serving, drizzle remaining tablespoon of olive oil on top and garnish with grated Parmesan cheese.
