Pasta Salad Crudaiola Barese
A super simple but tasty traditional pasta salad recipe from Bari, Puglia. Crudaiola Barese is perfect as a side dish or light summer meal.
Servings: 4
Calories: 444kcal
Ingredients
- 350 g Sedani rigati or Orecchiette (12oz) I used sedani rigati from Valle del Grano
- 12-15 cherry tomatoes
- 6-8 basil leaves
- 250 g Marzotica ricotta or cacioricotta (9oz) hard ricotta from Southern Italy or ricotta salata
- 1 garlic clove peeled
- Extra virgin olive oil as required
- salt for pasta and to taste
- Freshly ground black pepper. to taste
Instructions
2 hours before cooking
- Wash the cherry tomatoes and cut them into small pieces.
- Peel the clove of garlic and chop it well. (some people omit the garlic and others keep it whole and remove it before serving the pasta)
- Put the tomatoes, garlic and some of the basil in a bowl, add a pinch of salt and a good amount of olive oil.
- Add a good amount of grated ricotta on top but don’t mix it with the tomatoes.
- Seal the bowl with cling film and leave it in the fridge for about 2 hours.
Finish the dish
- Put a pot of water on to boil for the pasta. Add salt once it starts to boil and bring to the boil again. Cook the pasta al dente in boiling salted water according to the instructions on the packet.
- Remove the tomato mixture from the fridge and take out the basil leaves which will have become soft and replace them with chopped fresh ones.
- Drain the pasta well, let it cool for a minute and add it to the tomato mixture.
- Add more grated ricotta, a dash of olive oil, ground pepper if required, mix well and serve.
Notes
If you serve this crudaiola barese dish immediately it will be slightly warm. If you prefer it colder put it in the fridge for a while before serving.
You can use other types of short tubular pasta in this recipe, such as penne.
You can use other types of short tubular pasta in this recipe, such as penne.
Nutrition
Calories: 444kcal | Carbohydrates: 70g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 32mg | Sodium: 64mg | Potassium: 377mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 559IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 156mg | Iron: 2mg