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The season has opened the doors to beautiful warm days, to the sun high in the sky and, finally, to summer. Like every year, along with the arrival of this long-awaited summer season, we consequently experience that desire for hot dishes and recipes decrease in favor of an increase in practicality and freshness; and it is precisely here that one of the most loved and versatile dishes of the Mediterranean diet comes into play: cold pasta or, also called, pasta salad. Cold pasta dishes are the perfect choice to bring all the colors of this beautiful season to the table, the lightness and freshness so sought after in summer and that is able to satisfy all palates, without sacrificing taste and quality.
And then, needless to say, the seasoning options for pasta salads are just infinitesimal, making it one of the most versatile dishes of the culinary culture of the Bel Paese Italia.
The best cold pasta recipes give us the chance to range far and wide, from meat and fish to vegetarian and vegan options, for an informal occasion such as an aperitif with friends or a more formal evening such as a company buffet… This summer pasta salad also allows us to play on the presentation, not only thanks to the thousand colors in its preparation, but also during the service phase, placing it on trays or serving it in convenient single-portion bowls.
To whet your appetite and your curiosity about pasta salad and extra virgin olive oil, we have decided to offer you 3 recipes for summer pasta salads, entirely prepared with Frantoio Bonamini products, so if you feel like cooking a pasta salad tonight, just click here to get all the ingredients needed for this perfect mix of colors and flavors.
Because yes, pasta salad is very simple to make, all the more reason to focus on the freshness and quality of the ingredients chosen.
1. Fusilli with pesto, sundried tomatoes and pitted olives –
Bonamini EVO oil paired: Vert De Vertes
For this first recipe for cold summer pasta, we want to start with a bang and suggest one of the combinations that we at Frantoio Bonamini love and replicate the most, as if it were impossible to do without.
The bronze-drawn Fusilli, to better keep the sauce, combined with the freshness of the Basil Pesto, the intensity of the Sundried Tomatoes and the sweetness of the Pitted Olives in extra virgin olive oil. Finally, to complete everything, a drizzle of our EVO produced with only green olives… for the crowning of a culinary dream.
2. Mezze penne with black olive paté and mix of pickled vegetables
Extra virgin olive oil paired: Or De Noires
A summer pasta salad that you don’t expect. Take the pickled section of the Bonamini extra virgin olive oil range, combine them together and you will create one of the most delicious pasta salad recipes. The Mezze Penne, handcrafted, made creamy thanks to the Black Olive Paté and enriched with piecies of Giardiniera, Champignon Mushrooms and Artichoke Hearts. Raw, our Or De Noires, produced only with black olives… an EVO as elegant as this cold pasta sauce.
3. Farfalle pasta with tomato sauce with olives and tuna fillets –
Extra virgin paired: Veneto Valpolicella DOP
It’s true, this shape of pasta for pasta salad is not an item on our shelves but the only alternative would have been Spaghetti which, personally, we do not recommend using for preparing pasta salad recipes. Stick to the choice of short shaped pasta and the one that satisfies us the most, both visually and tastefully, are precisely farfalle.
An all-Italian combination and, what’s more, certified. A few simple ingredients such as Fresh Tomato Sauce with Olives, Tuna Fillets, processed directly on the fishing grounds and the excellent PDO extra virgin olive oil from our area, Veneto Valpolicella.
And, just to make sure you don’t miss anything, we recommend pairing your summer pasta salad creations with a glass of wine from the Cort’Emilia Bonamini line. Our suggestions?
• Soave DOC with fusilli with pesto, sundried tomatoes and pitted olives
• Valpolicella DOC with mezze penne with black olive paté and mix of pickled vegetables
• Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG Extra Dry with farfalle with tomato olive sauce and tuna fillets
