i am a small person, so i like all things tiny. such tiny things as puntalette. mostly used in soups, i use it as a tiny pasta for this weeks presto pasta night in my refreshing summer salad: my puntalette salad with water melon and goats cheese.
i'd like to give you deccent recipes, but find it very hard to give exact measurements for this recipe. really, just throw in as much of the ingredients as you like. but since the puncalette are so tiny, make sure you dice and cube everything in tiny, cute little pieces. you dont want them to compete with the pasta, do you? - now go and enjoy summer!
RECIPE
puntalette, cooked al dente & cooled
cucumber, peeled & cut in tiny cubes
water melon, cut in tiny cubes
dried tomatoes, finely diced
spring onions, finely diced
olives, finely diced
basil, finely diced
some fresh goats cheese, torn in small pieces
sauce:
250ml olive oil
125ml red wine vineggar
1 tablespoon runny honey
juice of half a lemon
mix all ingredients for the sauce and pour a couple of tablespoons over the salad. rest of sauce keeps in the fridge for about a week.
I love the idea of watermelons and cucumber... gorgeous color too.. this is definitely on my to try list! you have a lovely blog.
ReplyDeleteLovely idea for a salad. We're going to friends for a bbq supper on Monday, and I might just have to make some of this as a side.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with Presto Past Night.
That looks so wonderfully light and summery and healthy. There is nothing I love more than a little bit of fruit in my salads...
ReplyDeleteYum! So summery and fresh looking.
ReplyDeleteI love the use of watermelon here. Must be so refreshing. Yum yum. I'm dreaming of summer now!
ReplyDeletejum-scrum....I have a huge watermelon at home at the moment so will definitly be making some of this!
ReplyDeletehi mandira. thanks for liking my blog. i agree - watermelon and cucumber make such a - refreshing! - difference in a salad.
ReplyDeleteruth, always a pleasure. have fun with your BBQ. i hope it's warmer now in halifax!
janet - go girl. fruit in a salad is one of the best ideas, ever. i just had one with strawberries! YUM!
hi rachel - thanks!
anh - oh how come we always want what we cant have. i am desperate for some cool days. we are boiling here!
hi eva. go get that watermelon! did you see they started to sell yellow watermelons at coop, now. i will buy one tomorrow and cant wait to find out how it tastes!