A classic summer Italian salad is one of the oldest national dishes that Italians prefer to eat in hot weather. As a rule, it is prepared from various ingredients, limited only by the imagination of the cook. But the main ones are, of course, pasta, vegetables, olive oil and herbs.
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You will need
- - paste - 250 g;
- - green bell pepper - 1/2 cup;
- - red bell pepper - 1/2 cup;
- - canned beans - 500 g;
- - purple onion - 100 g;
- - olive oil - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- - lemon juice - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- - oregano - 1.5 teaspoons;
- - salt and black pepper - to taste.
Instruction manual
1
Boil pasta in the form of short tubes made exclusively from durum wheat, boil in salted water. It should never be boiled down. Then discard the paste in a colander, dry and cool.
2
Place the paste in a large bowl. Add to it canned beans, diced onions, as well as red and green bell peppers, chopped into small strips.
3
Combine in a bottle olive oil, lemon juice, oregano, pepper and salt. Screw the cap on the bottle and shake it well.
4
Pour salad dressing and mix it. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Ideally, a classic Italian salad is cooled for 4-5 hours. Then mix again and serve.
note
In this salad, you can also add cherry tomatoes or, for example, lettuce.
Useful advice
Cook the paste at the rate of 100 g of paste and 10 g of salt per 1 liter of water.