Caprese Pasta Salad
From sharebear1 10 years ago
- 25 to make
- Serves 6
This pasta salad makes a great side dish to any meal. I love to add leftover diced chicken to it.
Ingredients
- 16 oz casarecce pasta ( any type of thicker noodle pasta will work) shopping list
- 4 tablespoons olive oil shopping list
- 4 cloves garlic, minced shopping list
- 2 pints cherry tomatoes, quartered shopping list
- 1 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 3/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper shopping list
- 1/2 cup loosely pack basil leaves, chopped shopping list
- 8 oz fresh mozzarella, diced shopping list
How to make it
- Fill pot with water. Bring to boil and cook pasta according to package. Reserve 1/2 cup cooking liquid.
- Heat olive oil over medium heat in saute pan. Add garlic and saute about 2minutes, until fragrant . Add tomatoes, salt and pepper. Cook until tomatoes are softened, gently smashing them; about 4-6 minutes. Combine pasta, sauce, basil, and cooking liquid as needed until pasta is moist. Add mozzarella and stir to combine.
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