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Ziti with Fresh Tomato-Olive Sauce
Ziti with Fresh Tomato-Olive Sauce
- Recipe Submitted by ADMIN on 09/26/2007
Category: Pasta
Ingredients List
- 10 oz Ziti or mostaccioli pasta
- 2 tb Olive oil
- 2 tb Balsamic vinegar
- 1 tb Garlic, minced
- 1/3 c Thinly sliced fresh basil
- Or 2 Tbs dried
- 1/2 c Pitted kalamata olives
- Or
- 4 oz Cn sliced & pitted black
- Olives, drained
- 1 ts Drained capers, optional
- 1/2 ts Crushed red pepper flakes
- 4 lg Tomatoes, halved crosswise
- 4 oz Crumbled feta cheese
- Or
- 1/4 c Parmesan cheese Optional
- Salt & pepper to taste
Directions
Prepare sauce at least 2 hour before serving to allow it to marinate. In a
large serving bowl, combine the oil, vinegar, garlic, basil, olives, capers
and red pepper flakes. Place a strainer over the serving bowl; squeeze the
juice from the tomato halves into strainer. (Push on seeds with back of a
wooden spoon to extract tomato liquid.) Discard the seeds. Coarsely chop
tomatoes and add to olive mixture. Salt & pepper to taste ; toss well.
Cook pasta per package directions. Drain pasta and add to the bowl while
still hot; toss well. Sprinkle with feta cheese toss well to mix. If
desired additional parmesan or feta can be served at the table as a
topping. Goes well with slice of crusty style bread.
large serving bowl, combine the oil, vinegar, garlic, basil, olives, capers
and red pepper flakes. Place a strainer over the serving bowl; squeeze the
juice from the tomato halves into strainer. (Push on seeds with back of a
wooden spoon to extract tomato liquid.) Discard the seeds. Coarsely chop
tomatoes and add to olive mixture. Salt & pepper to taste ; toss well.
Cook pasta per package directions. Drain pasta and add to the bowl while
still hot; toss well. Sprinkle with feta cheese toss well to mix. If
desired additional parmesan or feta can be served at the table as a
topping. Goes well with slice of crusty style bread.
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