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MEAL TYPE

Easy Italian pasta salad

Have this colourful salad on the table in 25. With pesto, bocconcini and a garlic dressing, this is no average pasta salad!

Ingredient

  • 200g dried farfalle (bow-tie) pasta (or other short pasta shape)
  • 150g green beans
  • 75g (1⁄4 cup) bought basil pesto
  • 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1⁄4 cup fresh basil leaves
  • 6 radishes, thinly sliced
  • 200g baby bocconcini
  • 1⁄2 small radicchio lettuce, coarsely chopped
  • 200g tomato medley mix, sliced
  • 100ml extra virgin olive oil
  • 60ml (1⁄4 cup) red wine vinegar
  • 2 garlic cloves, bruised
Direction
  1. To make the garlic dressing, place all the dressing ingredients in a jar and seal tightly. Shake until combined then season. Set aside to infuse.
  2. Cook the pasta in a large saucepan of salted boiling water following packet directions or until al dente, adding the green beans in the last 3 minutes of cooking. Refresh under cold running water then drain well. Cut the beans in half lengthways.
  3. Transfer the pasta to a large bowl. Add the pesto and oil. Toss until the pasta is well coated.
  4. Arrange the pesto pasta down the centre of a 36cm oval serving platter. Arrange the basil, radish, bocconcini, radicchio, tomato and beans in rows on either side of the pasta.
  5. Remove the garlic cloves from the dressing. Drizzle two-thirds of the dressing over the pasta salad and toss until combined. Divide among serving plates and serve with the remaining dressing on the side.