Salads

Tortellini Salad with Zucchini and Mozzarella

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time 15 mins
Total Time 1 hr 15 mins
Course Salad
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 4)

Ingredients

  • 250 g tortellini
  • salt and pepper
  • 400 g mozzarella
  • 1 onion (s)
  • 2 small zucchini
  • 1 bunch basil
  • 1 teaspoon mustard (medium hot)
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 3 tablespoon vinegar (red wine vinegar)
  • 5 tablespoon olive oil
Tortellini Salad with Zucchini and Mozzarella
Tortellini Salad with Zucchini and Mozzarella

Instructions

  1. Cook the tortellini in plenty of salted water.
  2. Cut the mozzarella into small cubes. Finely chop the onion, cut the zucchini into small cubes. Pluck the basil from the stems, wash and dry.
  3. Put the pasta, mozzarella, onion, zucchini and basil (save some leaves for decoration) in a bowl.
  4. Mix the mustard, tomato paste, red wine vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper into a marinade and pour over the salad.
  5. Let the salad stand for 15 minutes and sprinkle with the remaining basil leaves.
Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

The Boss Kitchen editorial staff oversees content review, fact-checking, and recipe verification across the site. Published articles pass through the editorial team before going live, ensuring ingredient lists, techniques, cooking times, and nutritional claims hold up in a home kitchen. The team coordinates contributions across the site writers, handles reader corrections, and maintains consistency in measurement conventions, safety guidance, and dietary labeling. Posts under this byline typically represent team-reviewed reference material, site announcements, or editorial roundups rather than individual-author features, and they are held to the same sourcing standards as bylined recipe and product coverage.

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