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Greek Broad Bean & Pasta Salad with Rosemary Dressing Recipe

A delightful Greek pasta salad featuring tomatoes, olives, and feta, mixed with tender broad beans and pasta. This flavorful dish is lightly dressed with a fresh rosemary and garlic vinaigrette. Serve it alongside crusty bread or slices of buttery garlic bread for a perfect pairing.
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Total Time 20 minutes
Course Main Course, Starters
Cuisine Greek
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

Pasta

  • black pepper (to taste)
  • 80 grams broad beans
  • 100 grams cherry tomatoes
  • 50 grams feta cheese
  • 200 grams penne pasta
  • 20 grams pitted black olives
  • 50 grams rocket leaves
  • salt (to taste)
  • 2 whole shallots
  • 0.75 tbsp olive oil

Dressing

  • 2 sprig fresh rosemary
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • salt (to taste)
  • black pepper (to taste)
  • 2 cloves garlic

Garlic bread

  • 1 stick garlic bread

Instructions
 

  • half fill a pan with water and boil, add a spot of olive oil and a pinch of salt to the boiling water, add the pasta to the boiling water and cook until tender but with a slight bite
  • peel and crush the garlic, wash the rosemary, add the olive oil, garlic and rosemary to a small pan and place on a very low heat and leave to infuse, season with salt and pepper
  • while the pasta is cooking, peel and chop the shallots in half and then in eights lengthwise, heat the olive oil in the frying pan, add the shallots, cook the onions till soft
  • set the oven to 180C 350F or gas mark 4
  • put the garlic bread on the baking tray and place in the oven follow cooking instructions on packaging
  • blanch the beans in hot water for 2 minutes or microwave the beans for 2 minutes, add the beans to the onions and take off the heat, halve the olives and add to the bean and shallot mixture
  • wash the cherry tomatoes and then slice in half, add the tomatoes to the frying pan
  • chop the feta cheese into small squares and add to the pan warm through
  • drain the pasta reserve some of liquid, rinse the pasta in cold water, add to the pasta to the beans, shallots and olives
  • remove pasta from the heat
  • add the rosemary olive oil to the pasta and stir, taste and season with salt and pepper if necessary
  • line the serving bowl with rocket, share the contents of the pan equally between the serving bowls, serve the pasta salad
  • with the garlic bread
Keyword Greek Broad Bean & Pasta Salad with Rosemary Dressing Recipe
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