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Italian Pasta Salad with Homemade Italian Dressing | Daily Dine

Italian Pasta Salad with Homemade Italian Dressing

Recipe video above. If you're going to make a giant pasta, make it RIGHT with a beautiful homemade Italian Dressing!

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Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Servings: 8

Nutritional Information

Calories:430 kcal

Ingredients

1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

1/4 cup red or white wine vinegar ((I like using red))

1 1/2 tbsp freshly grated parmesan cheese ((Note 1))

1 tbsp sugar (any)

1 large garlic clove, minced

1/2 tsp each dried basil and oregano

1/4 tsp dried parsley

1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes (red pepper flakes) (optional)

3/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp black pepper

300g/10oz spiral pasta, or other pasta of choice

180g/6oz thick sliced salami, cut into 2.5cm/1" batons (see photo in post or videos) (I use spicy salami)

200g/7oz baby bocconcini, halved (Note 2)

1 red capsicum/bell pepper, cut into 3cm/2.2cm strips

250g/8oz whole olives (I used Sicilian and pitted black) (Note 3)

2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved (~1.5 Australian punnets)

1 cup (tightly packed) fresh basil leaves

Instructions

Step 1
Place Dressing ingredients in a jar and shake well.
Step 2
Cook pasta according to packet directions minus 1 minute. Drain in a colander and rinse under cold water to stop it cooking further. Shake excess water off well then transfer into large bowl.
Step 3
Place remaining Pasta Salad ingredients in the bowl. Drizzle over Dressing and toss. Serve at room temperature.
Step 4
SCOOP OUT a mug of pasta cooking water just before draining. Add 3 tbsp water to Dressing, shake well. Use this Dressing per above, but reserve 3 tbsp to freshen up pasta salad on Day 2 onwards.
Step 5
Freshen up pasta salad: Bring to room temp or briefly microwave (cold pasta = dry) to warm gently. Toss with Reserved Dressing then serve.