Italian Style Tortellini Salad

Name: Italian Style Tortellini Salad
Total time: 1080 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 12 oz bag of uncooked tortellini, I use a cheese and spinach flavor; 2 clove of finely minced garlic; 4 roma style tomatoes, diced small; 4 basil leaves cut into chiffenade ribbons; 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 3 tbsp of red wine vinegar; 8 oz roll of prosciutto and mozzerella combination, if you can't find that, use 8 ounces of mozzarella cut into small cubes and 4 ounces of prosciutto diced.; 1/2 tsp salt and 1/8 teaspoon black pepper; 1/4 cup toasted pine nuts

Taylor Topp Comacho @Tay68cancook

USA

Summer was made for delicious side salads exploding with flavor. Here is another one of our favorites that goes great with grilled meats. Add grilled chicken or pork and you have a full meal!

Taylor Topp Comacho @Tay68cancook

USA

Summer was made for delicious side salads exploding with flavor. Here is another one of our favorites that goes great with grilled meats. Add grilled chicken or pork and you have a full meal!

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Ingredients

18 mins

4 servings

salad
12 ozbag of uncooked tortellini, I use a cheese and spinach flavor
2 cloveof finely minced garlic
4roma style tomatoes, diced small
4basil leaves cut into chiffenade ribbons
2 tbspextra virgin olive oil
3 tbspof red wine vinegar
8 ozroll of prosciutto and mozzerella combination, if you can't find that, use 8 ounces of mozzarella cut into small cubes and 4 ounces of prosciutto diced.
1/2 tspsalt and 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 cuptoasted pine nuts

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Steps

18 mins

1

Cook tortellini in salted boiling water. Use about 1 tablespoon salt to 1 1/2 gallons of water.Cook until tortellini are tender, about 8-10 minutes.
2

Drain and add tortellini to a serving dish.
3

Chop up prosciutto and mozzarella roll into bite sized pieces.
4

Toss in all other ingredients leaving toasted pine nuts until ready to serve.
5

Serve warm or may be chilled.
6

NOTE**To chiffenade basil, place leaves on top of each other, roll, and thinly slice. Use your fingers to grasp them and gently fluff apart.