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Sardinian Pasta Salad
Category
Main Course
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
45 minutes
Ingredients
- 3 large shallots
- 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- Kosher salt
- ¼ pound green beans, (trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces)
- ¼ pound wax beans, (trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces (or substitute with more green beans))
- ½ cup frozen shelled edamame, (thawed)
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, (quartered)
- 2 tablespoons tarragon leaves, (chopped)
- 2 tablespoons fresh basil leaves, (chopped)
- 1 pound fresh burrata, (2 whole balls cut in half)
- Flake salt, (such as Maldon)
For The Dressing:
For The Salad:
Instructions
- For the dressing, place the shallots, olive oil, and vegetable oil in a small saucepan over low heat. Cook the shallots gently for 25 minutes, or until they are completely soft all the way through. Remove from the heat and allow them to cool to room temperature.
- Place the softened shallots, ½ cup of the oil, the vinegar, mustard, and salt in a small food processor. Pulse until the shallots are finely chopped and the dressing is thick. Set aside.
- To prepare the salad, bring a saucepan of salted water to a boil. Fill a bowl with water and ice, and set it aside. Add the green beans and wax beans to the boiling water and blanch until the color is bright and they are just losing their raw flavor, about 3 minutes. Drain and cool in the ice water.
- Bring another saucepan of salted water to a boil. Add the fregola to the boiling water and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, or until it is cooked through. Drain well and place in a large bowl. Add 1/3 cup of the dressing to the bowl and toss to coat. Allow the fregola to cool slightly. Drain the beans and add to the fregola along with the edamame, cherry tomatoes, tarragon, basil, and ½ teaspoon kosher salt, toss gently to coat. Divide the salad among 4 plates and serve topped with a burrata half and sprinkled with flake salt.
Nutrition
Nutrition
- per serving
- Calories
- 697
Amount/Serving
% Daily Value
- Carbs
- 33 grams
- Protein
- 27 grams
- Fat
- 57 grams
- Saturated Fat
- 29 grams
- Trans Fat
- 1 grams
- Cholesterol
- 81 milligrams
- Sodium
- 319 milligrams
- Fiber
- 4 grams
- Sugar
- 5 grams
- Unsaturated Fat
- 14 grams
2 comments
I just made this recipe tonight. It’s delicious, but agree with the other commenter. I’m confused by the amount of oil needed because you only use half of it and then I’m also confused about what to do with the rest of the dressing, as it says only to use 1/3 of a cup of the dressing…
Truly tasty though!
I did not try this recipe yet but could you check the quantity of oil for the dressing!? 1 cup of olive oil + 1 cup of vegetable oil this seems too much for a dressing?