Quick & Delicious Cold Pasta with Canned Tomatoes

Name: Quick & Delicious Cold Pasta with Canned Tomatoes
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 200 grams Pasta; 1/2 can ★ Canned diced tomatoes (or canned whole tomatoes); 2 tbsp ★ Olive oil; 1 tbsp ★ Lemon juice (you can use vinegar as a substitute); 2 cm ★ Prepared garlic paste in tube (or 1 teaspoon grated fresh garlic); 1 ★ Salt and pepper; 2 leaves ★ Basil (if available); 1 Cured ham (or roast ham); 1 for garnish, if available Pea shoots

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I used to make this with fresh tomatoes, but cutting them with a knife was tiresome. So I started using canned diced tomatoes (purchased at a wholesale supermarket for 68 yen per 500 g). Not only was it cheaper, but it had a richer, more delicious taste No need to use a knife, so it's easy! This is now my go-to dish at home.

No need to use a knife! Just mix everything together; it's really simple Using diced tomatoes instead of whole lets you skip the step of crushing them, keeping this recipe simple and easy. Recipe by Oshirikkyuu

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Ingredients

2 servings

200 gramsPasta
1/2 can★ Canned diced tomatoes (or canned whole tomatoes)
2 tbsp★ Olive oil
1 tbsp★ Lemon juice (you can use vinegar as a substitute)
2 cm★ Prepared garlic paste in tube (or 1 teaspoon grated fresh garlic)
1★ Salt and pepper
2leaves ★ Basil (if available)
1Cured ham (or roast ham)
1for garnish, if available Pea shoots

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Steps

1

While the pasta is boiling add the ★ ingredients to a bowl, mix, and chill in the refrigerator. (Or, if you'd been storing your canned diced tomatoes at room temperature, chill in the freezer.)
2

For the ★ sauce, the lemon juice is optional since the tomatoes are acidic on their own.
3

You could also finely chop the basil and then sprinkle it on top later. (I don't like the taste of fresh basil so I just use it as a bit of flavoring. You don't have to add it.)
4

Rinse off the pasta in cold water to cool it off, then chill in ice water. Once the pasta is chilled, remove the ice and drain.
5

Transfer the pasta to a serving dish and top with the ★ sauce. If you're feeling lazy, you can just add the pasta to the bowl of sauce.
6

Top with cured ham and pea shoots for garnish. It's done.
7

If you don't like cured ham you can substitute with canned tuna, or roast ham, although you'll need a knife for that.