Summer family recipe for 6 people, takes only 15 mins; recipe has pasta, olive oil, pesto, peas, sweetcorn, mozzarella, cherry tomatoes, olives and spring onion.
Pick & mix pesto pasta salad bar
Course: Summer family
Servings
6
servings
Prep time
10 mins
Ingredients
- Pasta: 400g of your favourite pasta (shells or butterflies work well)
- Olive Oil: 3 tbsp olive oil
- Pesto: 3 tbsp pesto
- Peas: 100g frozen peas, defrosted
- Sweetcorn: 100g sweetcorn from a can, drained (or use defrosted frozen sweetcorn)
- Mozzarella: 290g pack baby mozzarella
- Cherry Tomatoes: 100g cherry tomatoes, halved
- Olives: 50g pitted black olives, halved
- Spring Onion: 3 spring onions, trimmed and chopped
Directions
- Cook the pasta following pack instructions, then drain and toss in 1 tbsp oil. Transfer to a large bowl and set aside to cool, tossing occasionally so the pasta doesn't stick. Mix the remaining olive oil with the pesto and set aside.Both can be prepared up to two days ahead, then covered and chilled.
- Put all the ingredients into individual bowls and serve with a large empty bowl and wooden spoon for mixing individual portions of pasta salad with your choice of ingredients.
