Antipasto Pasta Salad
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Antipasto Pasta Salad
Description
This salad cooks fusilli pasta until just tender but still firm, then cools it before combining with diced mortadella, salami, smoked pastrami, and provolone cheese for layered flavors and textures. Giardiniera and sliced green olives provide a piquant contrast, while chopped pepperoncini adds mild heat.
The dressing, made of pepperoncini brine, balsamic vinegar, and extra virgin olive oil with freshly ground black pepper, is tossed thoroughly with the salad ingredients to meld flavors. It is refrigerated for at least an hour, allowing flavors to mingle and intensify.
This pasta salad is well-suited for make-ahead meals, parties, or buffets and can be stored refrigerated for 3 to 4 days. Adjusting pepperoncini brine levels can increase tanginess to taste.
Ingredients
- 1 pound fusilli pasta
- 10 ounces mortadella , cut into about 3 ½ cups large dice
- 8 ounces salami , cut into about 1 ½ cups large dice
- 6 ounces smoked pastrami , cut into about 1 ¼ cups large dice
- 10 ounces provolone cheese , cut into about 2 ½ cups large dice
- 16 ounces giardiniera drained and roughly chopped, mild
- 6 ounces green olives about 1 ½ cups sliced or halved, pitted
- 6 ounces Pepperoncini , chopped with brine reserved
- 3 tablespoons pepperoncini brine reserved
- 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon black pepper freshly ground
Instructions
- Boil the pasta in a large pot of salted water, until al denté and still a bit firm. Give it a quick rinse under cool water, and then drain.
- In a large bowl, add the pasta, mortadella, salami, pastrami, provolone, giardiniera, pepperoncini, and green olives. In a small bowl, whisk together the pepperoncini brine, balsamic vinegar, and extra virgin olive oil then season with the black pepper and drizzle over the meats and cheese. Toss well and refrigerate for at least 1 hour for the flavors to mingle before serving. Add more pepperoncini brine for a tangier bite. Store for 3-4 days in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 12Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 436 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 436kcal | 22% |
| Carbohydrates | 28g | 9% |
| Protein | 22g | 44% |
| Fat | 25g | 38% |
| Saturated Fat | 9g | 45% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 12g | 60% |
| Cholesterol | 51mg | 17% |
| Sodium | 1261mg | 53% |
| Potassium | 224mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 313IU | 6% |
| Vitamin C | 17mg | 19% |
| Calcium | 198mg | 20% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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