Bruschetta summer pasta salad

Recipe video above. This is everything you want when it's too hot to cook! Quick, nearly no cook (just boil pasta) and full of bright, fresh, bruschetta-inspired tomato flavours.Workflow - Get the water boiling. While pasta is cooking, make dressing and chop tomatoes.

👥 6 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 30 min⏳ Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 15 min👤 Nagi📖 recipetineats

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🥘 Ingredients

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🍳 Cookware

●whisk
●pot
●colander
●bowl

📝 Preparation Steps

Short directions

Cook pasta in salted water until extra soft, toss with 2/3 Dressing, cool. Toss tomato with remaining Dressing, leave ⏱️ 10 min. Pour off juices into pasta, toss. Add 1/2 tsp salt into tomato, toss. Add into pasta with basil, parmesan. Finish with balsamic glaze and pine nuts. Enjoy!

Balsamic glaze (, for drizzling (Note 6))

Full directions

Dressing - Shake the ingredients in a jar (or whisk in a jug).

Soft cooked pasta - Bring a large pot of water to the boil with the 2 teaspoons of salt. Cook the pasta per the packet time plus ⏱️ 2 minutes, until the pasta is overcooked and soft. (Note 5) Drain in a colander, then return the pasta into the same pot.

Flavour the pasta - Give the dressing a good shake then pour 2/3 of it over the pasta. Stir (enjoy the smell!). Set aside to cool for ⏱️ 15 minutes and let the pasta absorb the dressing flavour.

Bruschetta - Put chopped tomato and all watery juices into a bowl. Pour over remaining Dressing, gently toss. Set aside for ⏱️ 10 minutes or until the pasta is cool to let the flavours meld.

Finishing (the order matters!) - Pour the juices accumulated in the tomato bowl into the pasta then toss to disperse. Add the salt into the tomato, gently toss, then add the tomato into the pasta. Add the basil, parmesan, gently toss.

Serve - Pour into a big bowl and serve! If using extra finishes, drizzle with a swish of balsamic glaze (not too much, it's strong!) and sprinkle with pine nuts. Eat!

Balsamic glaze (, for drizzling (Note 6))

Nutrition Facts

calories

580 kcal

fat Content

26 g

serving Size

1 serving

fiber Content

5 g

sugar Content

8 g

sodium Content

1410 mg

protein Content

16 g

cholesterol Content

6 mg

carbohydrate Content

72 g

saturated Fat Content

4 g

unsaturated Fat Content

19 g

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