Pasta salad with tomatoes

Such products as pasta, or, as they say in European countries - pasta, and tomatoes quite harmoniously combined to taste. This combination is typical not only for Italian cuisine, but also often found in the culinary traditions of other countries of the European Mediterranean. Using pasta and tomatoes as the main products, you can prepare a variety of delicious salads.

The most suitable for salads are any short pasta of medium size, for example, fusilli (spirals), foam (feathers), also a good option - shells and horns. Choose only quality pasta from hard wheat varieties (labeling on the label "group A"). Tomatoes are better to use ripe and dense, not watery. Tell you how to prepare a light, delicious salad of pasta with tomatoes, tuna and cheese in a Mediterranean style.

Salad with pasta, tuna and tomatoes

Ingredients:

• pasta is short - as for 2 servings;
• tomatoes - 3-5 pcs. (depends on the size);
• canned tuna - 1 can;
• onion (better white salad or red) - 1 piece;
• sweet red pepper - 1 pc .;
• cheese is hard - about 150-200 g;
• garlic - 2 cloves;
• pepper spicy red;
• fresh herbs (basil, parsley, rosemary, coriander);
• olive oil ExtraVirgin;
• vinegar, natural wine, or balsamic, or lemon.

Preparation

We bring the water to a boil in a saucepan, add a little olive oil (so that the paste does not stick together). We throw the pasta in boiling water and cook them aldente, that is, for 5-8 minutes, no more, then we take a colander, do not rinse with water.

We cut tomatoes into slices, onions - thin half rings, and sweet peppers - straws. Cut small garlic and greens. Tuna mash with a fork. Cheese three on a grater.

We combine the ingredients in a salad bowl and pour with a dressing made from a mixture of olive oil with vinegar (approximate ratio 3: 1), you can add a bit of the finished mustard . Stir and sprinkle with lemon juice. This light dish is served well with light light table wine and olives. Hard cheese in a salad can be replaced with mozzarella, feta or rennet cheese.

Macaroni and tomatoes love not only in Europe, but also in Asia. To prepare a salad of pasta and tomatoes in Pan-Asian style, exclude cheese from the salad. Add sesame seeds, replace olive oil with sesame seeds, and vinegar with lemon or lime juice. Also, when preparing the dressing, use soy sauce. Here, the products are almost the same, but the salad will turn out quite different.