Mediterranean summer salad

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
7 ounces Pesto tortellini (1 box)
6½ ounce Can solid white tuna in water, drained
2 mediums Tomatoes; cut in wedges
½ pounds Green beans; trimmed blanched to tender crisp
1 can Artichoke hearts (14 oz.) drained and quartered
⅓ cup Nicoise olives
2 tablespoons Thinly sliced sun-dried tomatoes
1 small Red onion; cut in thin rings
2 tablespoons Thinly sliced fresh basil
1 small Head romaine lettuce
2 tablespoons White wine vinegar
1 teaspoon Chopped capers
1 teaspoon Anchovy paste or
2 Anchovy fillets; mashed
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
¼ teaspoon Freshly ground pepper
Salt; to taste
½ cup Olive oil

Directions

DRESSING

Cook tortellini in large pot of rapidly boiling salted water. Boil for about 25 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Drain.

Arrange tuna, tortellini and vegetables on bed of lettuce.

In a small bowl, combine vinegar, capers, anchovy paste, mustard, pepper and salt. Slowly whisk oil into the mixture until well combined. Drizzle over salad or serve on the side.

Yield: 4 to 6 servings.

On back of 7 oz. box Amore brand cheese tortellini. Distributed by Liberty/Ramsey Imports, Universal Foods Corp., Carlstadt, NJ 07072.

Posted by Cathy Harned.

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