Ina Garten Olive Pasta Salad
Olive pasta salad is a dish that can be made in many different ways. The ingredients that are used in olive pasta salad can vary, but the general idea is that there is pasta, some type of dressing, and vegetables or fruits.
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Servings: 6
Ingredients
For The Pasta Salad
- 16 oz rotini, uncooked,
- 1 cup pitted Castelvetranos olives, sliced
- ½ cup sun-dried tomatoes, chopped,
- 1 cup pitted Kalamata olives, sliced,
- 8 oz mozzarella cheese, cut into cubes,
- ⅓ cup parmesan cheese, grated,
For The Dressing
- 2 tbsp sun-dried tomato oil, reserved from the bottle of sun-dried tomatoes;
- ¼ cup olive oil,
- 2 cloves garlic, minced,
- 2 tbsp red wine vinegar,
- 1 tsp honey,
- ½ tsp red pepper flakes,
- salt, pepper to taste,
Instructions
- Fill the pot with water. Add some salt. Bring to a boil. Add rotini to the salted boiling water.
- Cook according to the package directions. Drain and rinse under cold water.
- Transfer chilled cooked rotini to the large salad bowl.
- Add Castelvetranos olives, Kalamata olives, sun-dried tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and parmesan cheese to the bowl with rotini. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, mix together olive oil, sun-dried tomato oil, red wine vinegar, garlic, dijon mustard, honey, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper.
- Add oily dressing to the pasta salad. Stir until completely coated. Store this salad in the refrigerator before serving.
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