Sausage and pasta salad

Recipes / Salads

Monday night dinner is taken care of with this easy, budget-friendly salad the whole family will find satisfying.

Recipe «Sausage and pasta salad» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more 40 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 375g tortiglioni or large spiral pasta, 2 tbsp olive oil, 500g pork sausages, 2 zucchini, sliced lengthways, 250g yellow or red teardrop tomatoes , 125g rocket, 300g bocconcini cheese, sliced, 1/4 cup Italian salad dressing .

Ingredients:

  • 375g tortiglioni or large spiral pasta 
  • 2 tbsp olive oil 
  • 500g pork sausages 
  • 2 zucchini, sliced lengthways 
  • 250g yellow or red teardrop tomatoes 
  • 125g rocket 
  • 300g bocconcini cheese, sliced 
  • 1/4 cup Italian salad dressing 

Instructions

  1. Cook pasta in a large saucepan of boiling, salted water, following packet directions, until tender. Drain. Transfer to a bowl. Stir in 1 tablespoon oil. Set aside to cool (see tip).
  2. Preheat barbecue grill and plate on medium heat. Grill sausages, turning, for 15 minutes or until just cooked through. Transfer to a plate and set aside to cool slightly. Grill zucchini, turning, for 6 minutes or until chargrilled. Transfer to a plate. Toss tomatoes in remaining oil. Barbecue on plate for 1 minute.
  3. Thickly slice sausages. Add sausages, zucchini, tomatoes, rocket and bocconcini to pasta. Pour over dressing. Season with salt and pepper. Toss to combine and serve immediately.