Ziti With Fresh Tomato-olive Sauce Recipe
Yield: 8 ServingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
8 ounce: Ziti or mostaccioli pasta,
2 tbsp: Olive oil,
2 tbsp: Balsamic vinegar,
4 Cloves: garlic, minced
1/3 cup: Thinly sliced fresh basil,
1/2 cup: Pitted kalamata olives -OR-,
4 ounce: Cn sliced & pitted black Olives, drained
1 tsp: Drained capers, optional
1/2 tsp: Crushed red pepper flakes,
4 large: Tomatoes, halved crosswise
4 ounce: Goat cheese crumbled or,
1/4 cup: Parmesan cheese,
Salt & pepper to taste,
Directions:
Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile in a large
serving bowl, combine the oil, vinegar, garlic, basil, olives, capers
and red pepper flakes. Place a strainer over the serving bowl;
squeeze the juice from the tomato halves into strainer. (Push on
seeds with back of a wooden spoon to extract tomato liquid.) Discard
the seeds. Coarsely chop tomatoes and add to olive mixture; toss
well. Drain pasta and add to the bowl; toss well. Sprinkle with
cheese if desired. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
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serving bowl, combine the oil, vinegar, garlic, basil, olives, capers
and red pepper flakes. Place a strainer over the serving bowl;
squeeze the juice from the tomato halves into strainer. (Push on
seeds with back of a wooden spoon to extract tomato liquid.) Discard
the seeds. Coarsely chop tomatoes and add to olive mixture; toss
well. Drain pasta and add to the bowl; toss well. Sprinkle with
cheese if desired. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Source from luhu.jp