Free Recipe Ziti with Fresh Tomato-Olive Sauce

Recipe Type: V Recipes

Recipe Preparation: cook

Cooking Ingredients for Ziti with Fresh Tomato-Olive Sauce Recipe

8 oz Ziti or mostaccioli pasta
2 tb Olive oil
2 tb Balsamic vinegar
4 Cloves garlic, minced
1/3 c Thinly sliced fresh basil
1/2 c Pitted kalamata olives -OR-
4 oz Cn sliced & pitted black
-Olives, drained
1 ts Drained capers, optional
1/2 ts Crushed red pepper flakes
4 lg Tomatoes, halved crosswise
4 oz Goat cheese crumbled or
1/4 c Parmesan cheese
Salt & pepper to taste

Ziti with Fresh Tomato-Olive Sauce Preparation

Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile in a large serving bowl, combine the oil, vinegar, garlic, basil, olives, capers and red pepper flakes. Place a strainer over the serving bowl; squeeze the juice from the tomato halves into strainer. (Push on seeds with back of a wooden spoon to extract tomato liquid.) Discard the seeds. Coarsely chop tomatoes and add to olive mixture; toss well. Drain pasta and add to the bowl; toss well. Sprinkle with cheese if desired. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

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Recipe Serves: 8

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