Potluck Antipasto Pasta Salad

Name: Potluck Antipasto Pasta Salad
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 425 grams can garbanzo beans or chickpeas, rinsed and drained; 149 milliliters canola oil; 1 Tbsp minced chives; 3 Tbsps minced fresh basil or 1 tablespoon dried basil; 1 garlic clove, minced; 1 bunch green onions, sliced; 113 grams Monterey Jack cheese, julienned; 64 grams can sliced ripe olives, drained; 113 grams part-skim mozzarella cheese, julienned; 454 grams package penne pasta; 85 grams thinly sliced pepperoni; 2 plum tomatoes, halved lengthwise and sliced; 113 grams brick or provolone cheese, julienned; 1 medium sweet red or green pepper, julienned; 1 medium sweet red or green pepper, julienned; 80 milliliters red wine vinegar; 113 grams thinly sliced hard salami, julienned; 0 teaspoons salt

Potluck Antipasto Pasta Salad takes about 30 minutes from beginning to end. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 251 calories, 12g of protein, and 12g of fat. This recipe serves 18. If you have plum tomatoes, basil, part-skim mozzarella cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as a cheap hor d'oeuvre.

Instructions

Cook pasta according to package directions; rinse with cold water and drain. In a large bowl, combine the pasta, beans, vegetables, cheeses, meats, olives and chives.

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In a small bowl, whisk the vinaigrette ingredients.

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Pour over salad; toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate. Toss before serving.

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Servings:

425grams

can garbanzo beans or chickpeas, rinsed and drained 149milliliters

canola oil 1Tbsp

minced chives 3Tbsps

minced fresh basil or 1 tablespoon dried basil 1

garlic clove, minced 1bunch

green onions, sliced 113grams

Monterey Jack cheese, julienned 64grams

can sliced ripe olives, drained 113grams

part-skim mozzarella cheese, julienned 454grams

package penne pasta 85grams

thinly sliced pepperoni 2

plum tomatoes, halved lengthwise and sliced 113grams

brick or provolone cheese, julienned 1medium

sweet red or green pepper, julienned 1medium

sweet red or green pepper, julienned 80milliliters

red wine vinegar 113grams

thinly sliced hard salami, julienned 0teaspoons

salt

Recommended wine: Sparkling Wine, Sparkling Rose

Antipasti works really well with Sparkling Wine and Sparkling rosé. If you're serving a selection of appetizers, you can't go wrong with these. Both are very food friendly and complement a variety of flavors. You could try Louis Roederer Cristal Brut. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.6 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 299 dollars per bottle.

Louis Roederer Cristal Brut

Cristal, the jewel and tête de cuvée of Champagne Louis Roederer, was created in 1876 for the Tsar Alexander II of Russia. It remains faithful to its origin, inspired by elegance and purity. Cristal is produced with regimented standards of winemaking that require a rigorous selection of crus, vintages, grapes, and wine.Cristal is produced using only the finest vintages from crus guaranteed to originate from the Louis Roederer vineyard. All the exceptional characteristics of the 2002 vintage have literally been captured in this Cristal 2002, which is generous and lush, revealing perfect balance between concentration and finesse, freshness and vinosity, intensity and refinement. In three words: proud, rich and luxurious.Cristal 2002 is brilliant yellow with light amber highlights and has a beautiful mousse with fine cordon of persistent and regular bubbles. The nose is intense and delicate, revealing a clean and well-blended mixture of flavors of honey, cocoa, lightly toasted hazelnuts, candied citrus fruit. A savory explosion of ripe fruit on the attack, the wine reveals red fruit, white chocolate, caramel and Danish pastry, typical of Cristal. Its silky, concentrated texture relies on its intense, powerful and vinous structure, but maintains refinement. The palate builds up to attain a delicious sensation of well-blended harmony of flavors. A fresh finish with a hint of bitterness makes it almost crunchy.