Olive and mozzarella pasta salad

Ingredients

For the olive dressing

• 1-2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 4 spring onions, finely chopped
• 20 finely chopped olives of your choice
• Juice of 3 lemons
• 1 handful fresh chopped basil
• 1 ball mozzarella, diced
• 2-3 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tsp balsamic vinegar
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Optional extras

• Sun dried tomatoes
• Fresh vine tomatoes
• Roasted red peppers

Pasta

• 300g (10.5oz) Traidcraft pasta, drained and kept warm
• 1 tbsp olive oil

Method

Dressing

1. Put all the ingredients into a bowl, season with salt and pepper and mix well.

Pasta

1. Put the cooked pasta into a bowl and stir in the olive oil. Pour the dressing over the pasta and stir well.
2. To serve, place the pasta salad into a serving bowl.