Ziti With Fresh Tomato-Olive Sauce

Recipe Ingredients

8 oz	227g	Ziti or mostaccioli pasta
2 tablespoons	30ml	Olive oil
2 tablespoons	30ml	Balsamic vinegar
4		Garlic - minced
1/3 cup	78ml	Thinly sliced fresh basil
1/2 cup	118ml	Pitted kalamata olives -or-
1		Sliced & pitted black - olives, drained
1 teaspoon	5ml	Drained capers - optional
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Crushed red pepper flakes
4 teaspoons	20ml	Tomatoes - halved crosswise (large)
4 oz	113g	Goat cheese crumbled or
1/4 cup	36g / 1.3oz	Parmesan cheese
		Salt & pepper to taste

Recipe Instructions

Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile in a large serving bowl, combine the oil, vinegar, garlic, basil, olives, capers and red pepper flakes.

Place a strainer over the serving bowl; squeeze the juice from the tomato halves into strainer. (Push on seeds with back of a wooden spoon to extract tomato liquid.) Discard the seeds. Coarsely chop tomatoes and add to olive mixture; toss well. Drain pasta and add to the bowl; toss well. Sprinkle with cheese if desired. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Source:
Southern Living

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