Italian Tortellini Pasta Salad
Italian Pasta Salad bursting with your favorite Italian fixings and on your table in 25 minutes! This Italian Pasta Salad recipe is is made 1000X better with cheesy, pillowy tortellini and homemade Italian Dressing! It’s a quick chop and throw together recipe that can be made ahead of time for the perfect stress-free side for all your potlucks and parties!
Ingredients
- 1 Recipe Italian Dressing
- 1 20 oz. bag refrigerated cheese tortellini
- 1 cucumber (peeled, sliced and quartered)
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes (halved)
- 1 6 oz.can black olives (drained and halved)
- 1 orange bell pepper (chopped)
- 2 tablespoons chopped pepperoncini
- 8 oz. fresh mozzarella balls (quartered)
- 8 oz. sliced salami (chopped)
- Optional: feta cheese, Parmesan, parsley
Instructions
- 1
Prepare Italian Dressing according to directions. Refrigerate until ready to use then shake or whisk to recombine before using.
- 2
Cook tortellini in salted water according to package directions. Rinse with cool water, drain and add to a large serving bowl. Pour half of the dressing over the warm pasta and toss to combine. Add the remaining salad ingredients to the tortellini.
- 3
If serving within the hour: toss with desired amount of remaining dressing. Although you can serve salad immediately, I highly recommend refrigerating for at least 30 minutes for the flavors to meld and salad to chill.
- 4
If serving later: Gently toss ingredients to combine but do NOT add remaining dressing yet. Cover and refrigerate. When you are ready to serve, toss with desired amount of remaining dressing. This salad is excellent the next day.
Cook it from the original
This recipe comes from carlsbadcravings.com. Their page has the author’s own photos, notes and tips — the best place to cook it from.
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