Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Salsa Crudo A Summer Favorite Returns

One of my favorite summer time dishes is salsa crudo with rotelli pasta. I took the recipe from the blog A Sweet And Savory Life. and added some of my own twists. The basil is fresh from my pots in the yard and I also added a good dash of powdered garlic.

The tomatoes came from Target and Stop & Shop.I used six.
Six will give you the pound and a half required. They were coarsely chopped and added to a quarter cup of coarsely chopped fresh basil.
Then a good sprinkling of garlic powder and six tablespoons of  Filippo Berrio olive oil.
As for the pasta I used  Banza chickpea rotelli and cooked it for seven minutes.It has a slight chickpea flavor yet still as flavorful as ones made with white flour.
It's then draining the pasta and adding the raw sauce to it.
It was really delicious and the perfect summer dinner. It's one of my favorites to make and to eat.
You can use any kind of pasta but make sure it's the shaped kind like rotelli and fusilli along with shells. They hold the tomato chunks well.


If you want an easy and tasty summer meal, then make salsa cruda.It's a cinch to create , and the perfect way of using good for you summer produce. Try this delicious dish when the temps rise.