Preparation

• Cook the pasta, rinse it thoroughly under running water to cool it down, and let it drain well.

  ^{How long should the anelletti cook?
  Some packages indicate a single cooking time [boiling] others double cooking [boiling + oven].
  For my anelletti salad, I purchased a package with a single cooking time [boiling] and cooked them al dente, otherwise, testing is needed.}

  Pour the pasta into a large salad bowl.
  Grind pepper over the pasta.
  Drizzle with a bit of raw olive oil and lemon juice in roughly the same amount and mix.

  Cherry Tomatoes
  Wash the tomatoes thoroughly.
  Cut and remove the stem part if deemed necessary.
  Cut each tomato vertically into halves or quarters.

  Celery
  Wash the celery thoroughly.
  Cut the celery stalks into chunks and separate the leaves.

  Primosale Cheese
  Cut the cheese into thin slices.

  Add to the pasta:
  • cherry tomatoes;
  • celery;
  • cheese;
  and mix.

  Plate it.
  Grind a bit more pepper and add basil leaves.

  Your Sicilian Anelletti Salad with Cherry Tomatoes and Primosale Cheese is ready.

  

• Try it also with arugula
  Select and wash the arugula leaves.
  Let them drain in a colander.
  Dry them on a paper kitchen towel.

  Distribute the arugula.
  Ideally, it should be added just before consuming the pasta salad; naturally, if prepared in advance and consumed picnic-style, it will still be fine, just less crisp.