Cold pasta salad
This pasta salad is prepared with mushrooms and peppers, with a poppy seed, tomato flavored dressing, and served chilled.
Ingredients
8 ounces pasta (spirals or other short pasta)
1 cup mushroom (sliced)
4 scallion (finely chopped)
2 bell pepper (one red and one green, seeds removed and cut into strips)
1⁄2 cup olive oil (extra virgin olive oil)
3 tablespoons vinegar (white wine vinegar)
1 tablespoon pureed tomato
1 teaspoon poppy seed
2 teaspoons herbs de Provence
2 teaspoons salt
Instructions
- Mix together the oil, vinegar, tomato puree, poppy seeds, herbes the Provence and salt to make the dressing.
- Cook the pasta shapes in plenty of boiling salted water for 10 minutes -or as indicated in the instructions- and drain.
- Pour the dressing over the pasta and stir until the shapes are well coated with dressing. Cool completely.
- Add the vegetables and stir to distribute evenly and to coat them in the dressing as well. Chill before serving.
Yield
6 servings
Preparation time
15 minutes
Cooking time
12 minutes
Total time
27 minutes
Source
easy, simmer, mix
salads, vegetables, pasta
American food recipes
Food in U.S.A.
Food in U.S.A.