This pasta salad is a fresh (pun intended!) take on a timeless Italian appetizer. With just 5 ingredients, this is one of the easiest pasta salads to make and is the ultimate refreshing appetizer or salad to your summer barbeques.
Serve with
Oven Baked Baby Back Ribs
Puff Pastry Tomato Tartlets
The Spaghetti Sauce
Fiesta Corn Salsa
Substitutions
The pasta can be substituted for a gluten free option, and give your homemade balsamic vinaigrette a try! For this recipe I used Ken’s Steakhouse Balsamic Vinaigrette.
Storage
This pasta salad will last several days refrigerated in a sealed container. Keep an eye on the tomatoes and basil!
Quick 5-ingredient Caprese Pasta Salad
A pasta salad version of the classic Italian appetizer
Servings: 1 large bowl
Ingredients
- 8 ounces Farfalle pasta
- 8 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese pearls
- 10 ounces cherry tomatoes
- 1 ounce fresh basil
- Balsamic vinaigrette
Instructions
- Cook the pasta according to the box until al dente (tender but firm). Rinse with cold water to stop the cooking process.
- Chop the cherry tomatoes into halves.
- Rinse the mozzarella cheese pearls.
- Rinse the basil. Roll a few leaves together into a cylinder and chop against the stem to get ribbons.
- Add the cooled pasta, halved tomatoes, mozzarella cheese pearls, and chopped basil to a large bowl.
- Drizzle balsamic vinaigrette on top (about ¼ cup to start, and then add to taste).
- Serve immediately.
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