Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, pepperoni pizza pasta salad. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Give your pasta salad the pizza treatment with this party-ready recipe that's packed full of fresh vegetables, cheese and pepperoni. MORE+ LESS This Pepperoni Pizza Pasta Salad features tri colored rotini pasta with pepperoni, mozzarella, cheddar, and tomatoes in a Parmesan vinaigrette. This Italian pasta salad variation is the perfect summer side dish recipe!
Pepperoni pizza pasta salad is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Pepperoni pizza pasta salad is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have pepperoni pizza pasta salad using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Pepperoni pizza pasta salad:
- Get 16 oz colored rotini (I used 12oz)
- Get 3/4 cup olive oil
- Make ready 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese grated
- Make ready 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
- Take 2 tsp oregano
- Make ready 1 tsp garlic powder
- Prepare 1 tsp salt
- Prepare 1/4 tsp pepper
- Get 8 oz mozzarella cheese cubed
- Take 8 oz sharp cheddar cheese cubed
- Get cherry tomatoes halved
- Get Sliced black olives (optional)
- Make ready pepperoni sliced ( I cut mine in half, can also use mini pepperoni
This Pepperoni Pizza Pasta Salad is loaded with the satisfying flavor of your favorite pepperoni pizza and is perfect for your next picnic or potluck! I had a chunk of mozzarella and some pepperoni left over from a pizza I made the other day and needed a pasta salad to take with me for an event and so I thought why not combine the two? I am (more than) slightly embarrassed to admit where I got the inspiration for this easy, cheesy Pepperoni Pizza Pasta. But if you follow along on Instagram, you know I have a strong affinity for reality television.
Instructions to make Pepperoni pizza pasta salad:
- If you don’t have red wine vinegar, you can use Italian salad dressing instead and leave out the Olive oil. I make this both ways and they are both good. I use about Half a bottle of Italian dress, use as much or little as you like.
- Cook rotini in a pot of boiling water for 7-9 minutes, or until done. Drain and rinse pasta under cold water until cool.
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk together oil, parmesan cheese, vinegar, oregano, garlic powder, salt and pepper.
- Place cooked pasta, vinegar mixture, and remaining ingredients in a large mixing bowl, turning to coat all ingredients. Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.
- Notes- I don’t use cubed cheese, I used shredded, it’s what I have on hand most of the time.
Pizza Pasta Salad was created with pizza in mind. Instead of crust, it begins with shell pasta. I like to use the small shell pasta because it makes it more In true pizza fashion, I also include pepperoni, olives and plenty of garlic and oregano. Again, add or substitute what you like. Think of pepperoni pizza, but as pasta!
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