Pasta Salad with Smoked Pork and Cheese
Ingredients
- Ingredients
- 350 grams Pasta Gobetti (Fork Spaghetti, z. B. Barilla)
- 250 grams Cherry tomatoes
- 2 carrots
- 150 grams Peas (shelled)
- 250 grams cooked Smoked pork chop
- 200 grams Mountain cheese (mild)
- ½ bunch parsley
- For the marinade
- 3 Tbsps Red wine vinegar
- 4 Tbsps olive oil (Extra-virgin)
- salt
- freshly ground peppers
Preparation steps
Cook the pasta according to package directions until al dente, drain, reserving a cup of the pasta cooking water. Rinse the tomatoes, cut into wedges. Rinse, peel and slice the carrots. Blanch the peas in a pot of boiling salted water for 3 minutes, add the sliced carrots and blanch another 2 minutes. Drain well. Cut the smoked pork and the cheese into thin strips.
Rinse the parsley, finely chop one-third of the parsley and pluck the leaves of the remaining parsley. In a large bowl, whisk together the vinegar, oil, salt, pepper and 2-3 tablespoons of the reserved pasta water. Add the chopped parsley, pasta, tomatoes, peas, carrots, smoked pork and cheese and toss to combine. Let stand 10 minutes. Taste and season with salt and pepper if desired. Arrange the salad on plates and serve garnished with parsley leaves.