Cold Pizza Pasta Salad Supreme

Pizza night just got more interesting! This cold pizza pasta supreme is the perfect solution for summer heat. It’s garlicky, cheesy and packed with flavor. Everything you love about pizza, in a salad! This is a must try for your next bbq, picnic or potluck.

Ingredients and Variations

Ingredients: Pasta, pepperoni, fresh mozzarella cheese, fontina cheese, onions, mushrooms, green peppers, black olives, green olives, basil and grape tomatoes. The dressing includes tomatoes, sun dried tomatoes, garlic, basil, oregano, extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, ground thyme, sugar, sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper.

Variations: Use any shape or type of pasta you like or substitute with vegetables to keep it lower carb. Cheeses of your choice shredded or cubed, smoked cheddar, parmesan, smoked mozzarella, provolone, fresh mozzarella, fontina and goat cheese are all great choices. Mix them up! Use any meat and veg you like on your pizza, cooked Italian sausage, ham, bacon, chicken, red bell pepper, pineapple……

Cold Pizza Pasta Salad Supreme

Recipe by Jeni Gough

4.7 from 3 votes

Course: SaladsCuisine: American

Servings

12

servings

Prep time

30

minutes

Pasta salad pack with pizza flavor!

Ingredients

• Salad

• 1 lb pasta, short shape like cork screw or large elbow

• 1 3.8oz can sliced black olives, drained

• 1 small onion, chopped

• 1/4 cup sliced green olives with pimentos

• 1/2 green bell pepper, chopped

• 3/4 cup sliced mushrooms

• 1/2 cup fresh basil chiffonade (sliced in ribbons)

• 10 oz grape tomatoes

• 6 oz fontina cheese, cubed or shredded

• 8 oz fresh mozzarella diced or in balls

• Dressing

• 4 plum tomatoes

• 1/4 cup fresh basil, packed

• 4 cloves garlic

• 1/2 tsp fresh cracked black pepper

• 1 tsp sea salt

• 2 tsp granulated sugar *optional

• 1 tsp dried oregano or 2 tsp of fresh

• 1/4 tsp ground thyme or 1 tsp of fresh

• 4 oz sun dried tomatoes in oil plus 2 tbsp of the oil

• 1/2 cup red wine vinegar

• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

Directions

• Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and cool.
• Toss all salad ingredients with pasta.
• Dressing: Bring a pan of water to boil. Core tomatoes and slice an “X” on the bottoms. Drop them into boil water for 1 minute. Pull them out and remove peels. Into a blender, add tomatoes and the rest of the ingredients except oil. Blend until pureed, slowly drizzle in oil while blender is on.
• Pour over pasta and toss.
• Refrigerate at least 2 hours to let he flavors marry. let set out on counter 20 minutes before serving.

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