Cold pasta with tuna and cherry tomatoes is a fresh first course and delicious. These days are really hot and standing in front of the stove becomes a heroic task. So it’s better to dive into cold dishes to prepare in advance in the morning when the kitchen temperatures are still bearable and store them in the fridge. A great idea to take straight to the beach in your cooler bag for a refreshing and delicious break. The recipe I want to tell you about today is a Pasta salad with tuna, cherry tomatoes and feta. A simple recipe with guaranteed success, easy to prepare and suitable for everyone, even the most clumsy at the stove. If you’re looking for a summer first course recipe this is the one for you. Let’s go to the kitchen and prepare my Cold pasta with tuna and cherry tomatoes together.
DON’T MISS THESE RECIPES:
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Inexpensive
- Preparation time: 12 Minutes
- Cooking time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 4People
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Spring, Summer
- Energy 460.00 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 32.69 (g) of which sugars 7.21 (g)
- Proteins 23.07 (g)
- Fat 26.52 (g) of which saturated 8.14 (g)of which unsaturated 6.26 (g)
- Fibers 2.55 (g)
- Sodium 3,847.03 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 225 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients for the Pasta salad with tuna
- 11 oz pasta (any shape you prefer)
- 2 cups cherry tomatoes
- 6 oz tuna in oil
- 6 oz feta
- 1/2 cup black olives (pitted)
- to taste extra virgin olive oil
- 2 sprigs basil
- to taste salt
How to prepare Cold pasta with tuna
Cook the pasta, the shape you chose, in plenty of salted water. Drain it al dente and pour it into a large bowl.
Dress it with 3-4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and mix well. Let it cool while you prepare the dressing.
Wash the cherry tomatoes. Cut them into small pieces, removing the seeds and inner juice. Slice the pitted black olives.
Cut the feta into small cubes and drain the tuna from the preserving oil. Toss the now-cooled pasta with the feta, tuna, cherry tomatoes and black olives.
Also add fresh basil and a few more tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil. Mix well, cover the bowl and put the Cold pasta with cherry tomatoes and tuna in the fridge until ready to serve.
See you tomorrow with a new recipe, hugs, Loredana
Loredana’s Tips
If you prefer, you can replace the feta with fresh cheese or with well-drained mozzarella cubes
For a more flavorful dish you can add 100 g of cooked ham cut into cubes
Cold pasta with tuna can be stored in a container in the fridge for one day
Also read the recipe for my Rice salad
and the recipe for my Cold pasta with eggplant
