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Italian Pasta Salad with Salami served in a large dish seasoned with black pepper and a garnish of chopped basil
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Italian Pasta Salad with Salami

Looking for a quick and tasty summer salad that goes with just about everything? This Italian Pasta Salad with Salami is just the thing! Packed with colour, flavour and crunch. It’s perfect for BBQs, picnics, potlucks or even a make-ahead lunch.
We’ve thrown in all our favourite Italian ingredients – salty salami, creamy mozzarella, juicy tomatoes, crunchy veg and a simple zesty homemade dressing to bring it all together.
It’s super flexible – feel free to switch things up based on what you’ve got in the fridge!
Whether you're feeding a crowd or meal-prepping for the week, this cold pasta salad is a guaranteed hit.
Prep Time15 minutes
Active Time10 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Dinner, Lunch, Salad, Sharing, Starter, Vegetarian
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: BBQ salad, bbq side dish salad, cold pasta salad, Italain pasta salad, Italian salad, make ahead pasta salad, make ahead summer salad, mediterranean pasat salad, Mediterranean salad, mozzarella pasta salad, rice salad, salami pasta salad, Spring Salad, Summer Salad
Yield: 8 people as a side
Calories: 503kcal
Author: Luke and Kay - Flawless Food

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 500 grams Pasta cooked and cooled

Italian Dressing Ingredients (make your own or buy shop brought one)

  • 5 tablespoon Olive oil
  • ½ Lemon juice
  • 2 cloves Garlic minced
  • 1 tablespoon Italian Seasoning/ Dried Herbs mix of Oregano, Thyme, Basil, Parsley, Sage, Red Pepper flakes

Italian Salad (this is what we used but get creative and use what you like/have!)

  • 80 g Salami
  • 200 g Mozzarella Balls
  • 8 Sundried Tomatoes Finely chopped
  • 1 Sweet Pepper Diced
  • ½ Cucumber Diced
  • 100 g Cherry Tomatoes Quartered
  • 100 g Sweetcorn Tin
  • ¼ Red Onion Diced
  • 60 g Green or Black Olives pitted
  • 4 tablespoon Pine Nuts
  • 3 tablespoon Fresh Basil chopped
Metric - US Customary

Instructions

  • Cook 500 grams Pasta before hand. Giving it time for it to cool off.
    Pasta being drained in a sieve
  • Make the dressing by mixing all the Italian Dressing ingredients 5 tablespoon Olive oil, ½ Lemon , 1 tablespoon Italian Seasoning/ Dried Herbs, 2 cloves Garlic.
    Italian salad dressing in a pot being shaken up by hand
  • Chop 80 g Salami into strips, if your 200 g Mozzarella Balls are large you can chop them in half.
    Gather and prepare all your salad items, we used 8 Sundried Tomatoes, 1 Sweet Pepper, ½ Cucumber, ¼ Red Onion , 100 g Cherry Tomatoes, 100 g Sweetcorn, 60 g Green or Black Olives, 4 tablespoon Pine Nuts, 3 tablespoon Fresh Basil.
    I find it best to chop and add onto a plate together, aim for equal amounts of each salad item for well-rounded flavour.
    chopped cherry tomatoes,basil,orange pepper,sweetcorn, sundried tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, yellow pepper, green olives,black olives, pine nuts, mozzarella balls and sliced salami all on a platter plate
  • Put cooked and cooled pasta in a mixing bowl and add all the prepared ingredients.
    Pouring the pasta salad ingredients into the pot of cooked pasta
  • Pour in the dressing and mix.
    Pouring the salad dressing on top of the pasta salad
  • Serve up in a large serving dish or plate.
    Pouring the Italian pasta salad with salami onto a large platter plate
  • Garnish with more fresh basil on top.
    Italian Pasta Salad with Salami served in a large dish
  • Enjoy as a lunch, dinner or a side dish to meat, fish or chicken.
    Italian Pasta Salad with Salami served in a bowl with a fork on the side

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Nutrition

Calories: 503kcal | Carbohydrates: 56g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 509mg | Potassium: 437mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 407IU | Vitamin C: 36mg | Calcium: 169mg | Iron: 2mg