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Tortellini salad is my favorite pasta salad – and this is my favorite version and it always disappears fast when I serve it at a party. It’s a Pizza Tortellini Salad with pepperoni and a homemade balsamic dressing!
I love this tortellini pasta salad because, hello, it’s all about the pizza flavors but served up cold and light. I can seriously eat a whole batch of this myself – it’s so good! It’s a pasta salad with pepperoni and tortellini… what could be better than that?
This easy pasta salad recipe is loaded with black olives, green peppers, pepperoni, Parmesan cheese and the most delicious homemade balsamic dressing to pull it all together. Basically, it’s an Italian pasta salad with a pepperoni pizza twist. It’s the perfect summer pasta salad – but it’s also great for weeknight dinners all year long.
How to make Tortellini Salad
The only thing you have to cook are the tortellini and the rest of the recipe is just a toss and serve situation. Here’s what you need to make it:
- Cheese tortellini: I used frozen but you can use fresh if you want. Or use any flavor!
- Green bell pepper: Dice it
- Halved grape tomatoes
- Halved pepperoni slices
- Sliced black olives
- Shredded Parmesan cheese
- Balsamic dressing: You can use my favorite homemade Italian dressing recipe or one from the store.
- You can easily customize it, too! Instead of a pepperoni salad you can use salami, add cubed cheese like provolone or mozzarella or switch out the green bell pepper for sweet peppers.
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Pizza Pasta Salad Recipe
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Ingredients
Salad:
- 1 about 19 ounce bag Cheese Tortellini cooked according to package directions
- 1 green pepper diced
- 1 cup halved grape tomatoes
- 1 cup Pepperoni slices halved
- 1 can 8 ounces sliced black olives, drained
- ½ cup shredded parmesan
- Balsamic Dressing recipe follows, or use your favorite brand
Dressing:
- ½ cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon dijon or spicy brown mustard
- 1 tablespoon diced shallot
- 1 garlic clove crushed
- ⅔ cup olive oil
- ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
- ½ teaspoon salt or to taste
- ¼ teaspoon ground pepper or to taste
Instructions
- Stir together cooked tortellini, pepper, tomatoes, pepperoni, olives, and shredded parmesan in a large serving bowl.
- To make dressing: add all ingredients to a mason jar or dressing container. Seal and shake well to combine.
- Dress the salad with desired amount of dressing. There will be dressing left over; store in refrigerator for up to 1 week.
- Pasta salad is good prepared for up to 2 days; store tightly covered in refrigerator.
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Other summer salad recipes
If you love pasta salad, be sure to try Taco Pasta Salad by Wine & Glue, Greek Pasta Salad by Noble Pig, or Cowboy Pasta Salad by Bellyfull.
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Wow this looks amazing!
The pizza tortellini needs mushrooms, and I would use pizza sauce. It looks good I will try this recipe both ways yours first then my way. Thank you for sharing
Not a pepperoni fan so using dried salami. Anyone else?
The nickname for tortellini came from Nana! The hole in the middle probably had something to do with it. lol
I can see how this would be a huge party/potluck/picnic kind of crowd favorite! I didn’t know you were that passionate about black olives although I did know you aren’t a mustard fan. I love hearing your food do’s and don’ts ๐ And I didn’t know Mel was low/no carb!
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