Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, brad's easter pasta salad. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook brad's easter pasta salad using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Brad's Easter pasta salad:
- Take 12 Oz small shell pasta
- Take 2 Roma tomatoes, diced
- Get 1 LG ham steak
- Take 1 cup shredded mozzarella
- Get 1 LG can black pitted olives, sliced
- Take 5 sprigs fresh dill, chopped
- Make ready Juice of half a lemon
- Prepare 1/4 cup ranch dressing
- Take Mayonnaise
- Take 1/2 tsp garlic powder, dry mustard, black pepper
Instructions to make Brad's Easter pasta salad:
- Bring 4 qts water, 1 tbs oil, 1 tbs kosher salt to a rolling boil. Add pasta. Cook 8 minutes to al dente. Drain and rinse with cold water.
- When drained, add to a large mixing bowl. Add tomatoes, olives, and lemon juice. Mix well and let acids blend for a few minutes.
- Heat a dry pan on medium heat. Fry ham steak until browned on both sides. Remove and cool. Trim any fat and bone. Dice ham and add to pasta.
- Add rest of ingredients except mayo. Mix well.
- Use mayo to bring to desired creaminess. I used about a third of a cup.
- Refrigerate an hour before serving. Garnish with fresh dill. Enjoy.
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