Hello All!

In Italy it is still very hot and I don’t know about you but I’m always looking for tasty recipes, quick to make and good to eat. Today I share with you a great Italian classic … cold pasta with Pesto sauce which is one of my favourite; maybe you already know it, but if you don’t … try it, it’s worth it!

Ingredients for 4 persons:

• 400 gr of pasta (penne are fine but choose the one you like best).
• 200 gr of fresh mozzarella cheese (also bufala is good if you have it ).
• An handful of cherries tomatoes.
• Pesto sauce.
• If you like them, you can add also some  green or black olives.

Preparation

• Cook the pasta; once you reach the desired cooking (I suggest you leave it ”al dente”) drain it and let it cool.
• Chop the mozzarella and the cherry tomatoes into small pieces.
• Once the pasta is cold, add the mozzarella, the cherry tomatoes and olives; mix well
• Add the pesto and mix well
• Let it rest for at least one hour in the fridge.
• Remove from the fridge, add a couple of basil leaves and serve!

Which is the best wine to pare this dish with?

Well regarding the wine, I must say that you are spoiled for choice! Below I put you some of the pairings I love most.

• Müller Thurgau – 2018 cantina Istituto Agrario San Michele all’Adige
• Riesling Aristos DOC – 2016 cantina Valle Isarco
• Collio DOC, Sauvignon – 2017 cantina Ronco Blanchis

Buon appetito!

See you soon

Ilde