Italian salad with pasta and ham

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make an Italian salad with pasta and ham? Start by preparing all the necessary ingredients. I recommend choosing pasta with a protein content of at least 13 g. Cherry tomatoes should be dense and sweet. We take yellow pepper (for beauty). Rinse the vegetables under running water. My beans and peas are frozen, but fresh ones will do. Then they will also need to be pre-washed.

2. Step 2:

   

   In a saucepan (or in a saucepan), boil 1 liter of filtered water. Add salt and add the pasta. I cooked mine for 8 minutes after re-boiling the water to the state of al dente (slightly solid inside). But the cooking time will depend on the quality of the paste and the desired degree of its readiness. Instructions for cooking are on each package. Put the finished pasta in a colander and rinse with cold filtered water to stop the cooking process.

3. Step 3:

   

   In another saucepan, boil half a liter of filtered water, add a pinch of salt and pour beans and peas into the saucepan. Blanch the legumes for 5-7 minutes until soft, and then discard them in a colander.

4. Step 4:

   

   Put the pasta in a deep bowl, season with olive oil and mix. And even though we washed them after boiling, they definitely won't stick together in the finished salad.

6. Step 5:

   

   Cut the bell pepper into medium cubes, cherry tomatoes in half.

7. Step 6:

   

   Put the peas and beans in a bowl. Cut the ham into medium cubes.

8. Step 7:

   

   Before serving, add salt to the salad, if required. You can decorate the dish with fresh herbs.