Pasta Salad Nicoise
Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens

Traditionally, this Mediterranean-style salad recipe calls for marinated cooked potatoes. This version, still hearty, has marinated pasta shells.


Pasta Salad Nicoise

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Servings: 1 serving
Prep Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins
Related Categories: Pasta, Pasta Salad, Pasta Salad, Salad
 
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Ingredients
  • 1/3  cup
    medium pasta shells or spirals (1 ounce)
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  • 1/4  teaspoon
    dried dillweed
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  • 4  tablespoons
    purchased vinaigrette
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  • 1  3-1/4-ounce can
    tuna or 1/2 of a 6-1/2-ounce can tuna, chilled
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  • 1/3  cup
    fresh or frozen cut green beans
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    Lettuce leaves
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    Radicchio leaves (optional)
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  • 4 
    pitted ripe olives (optional)
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  • 3  or 4
    tomato slices
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  • 1 
    hard-cooked egg, quartered (optional)
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    Anchovy fillet (optional)
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    Garlic toast (optional)
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Directions
1.
Cook pasta according to package directions; drain. Rinse with cold water and drain again. Stir dillweed into vinaigrette. Combine pasta and 2 tablespoons of the vinaigrette; cover and chill. Drain tuna. In a small bowl toss together tuna and 1 tablespoon of the vinaigrette; cover and chill up to 2 hours. Cook green beans until crisp-tender. Cover and chill up to 2 hours.
2.
When ready to serve, arrange lettuce and radicchio leaves, if desired, on a plate. Arrange pasta, tuna, beans, olives, tomato slices, and egg on lettuce. Top salad with green onion and anchovy fillet, if desired. Drizzle with remaining vinaigrette. Serve with garlic toast, if desired. Makes 1 serving.
Nutrition information
Calories 527, Total Fat 26 g, Saturated Fat 4 g, Cholesterol 17 mg, Sodium 1036 mg, Carbohydrate 40 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 33 g. Daily Values: Vitamin C 31%, Calcium 4%, Iron 18%. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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