Italian
Cold Pasta Salad with Artichokes, Olives and Tuna
by Casa Pappagallo · 705K subscribers on YouTube
A simple and refreshing cold pasta salad with artichokes, olives, and tuna, perfect for summer. The dressing is a quick emulsion of olive oil and lemon juice.
- Difficulty
- easy
Ingredients
8 items- Pasta (Ruote o altra pasta corta)Wheel-shaped pasta or any short pasta
- CarciofiFresh blanched artichokes or jarred artichokes in oil
- Green OlivesGreen olives, pitted or not
- Black OlivesBlack olives
- Tuna in OilCanned tuna in oil, drained
- Olive OilExtra virgin olive oil, for dressing
- LemonJuice of one lemon
- Salt(optional) — To taste, for seasoning the dressing and pasta water
Method
- Bring a pot of salted water to a boil and cook the pasta according to package directions.
- While the pasta is cooking, prepare the dressing: put olive oil in a small jar and squeeze the juice of a lemon into it. Shake well to emulsify.
- Prepare the artichokes: you can use fresh artichokes blanched in water, or jarred artichokes in oil. Drain if necessary.
- In a large bowl, combine the cooked artichokes, green and black olives, and tuna (drained).
- Once the pasta is cooked, drain it and immediately plunge it into ice water to stop the cooking and cool it down. Alternatively, rinse under cold running water.
- Add the cooled pasta to the bowl with the artichokes, olives, and tuna.
- Pour the lemon-oil dressing over the salad and mix well. Adjust salt to taste.
- Serve immediately or refrigerate to serve cold.
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