Ingredients

  • 1 lb cooked tortellini
  • ¼ lb boiled ham, julienne cut
  • ¼ lb provolone cheese, julienne cut
  • ½ can black pitted olives, drained and diced
  • ½ cup roasted red peppers, drained and diced
  • 1 small red onion, diced
  • 1 bunch small fresh parsley, chopped
  • 1 cup recipe follows Italian dressing
  • ¼ cup dressing wine vinegar
  • ¾ cup dressing olive oil
  • ¾ tsp dressing oregano
  • ⅛ tsp dressing basil
  • ½ tsp dressing salt
  • ¼ tsp dressing pepper

Method

  1. Mix all the salad ingredients.
  2. Dressing: Combine 1/4 cup wine vinegar, 3/4 cup olive oil, 3/4 teaspoon oregano, 1/8 teaspoon basil, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Make the dressing a day or two in advance to enhance the flavors.
  3. Toss the salad with the dressing.

Notes

By Toni Galietta, Schenectady, NY (Pfaltzgraff).

Original card

The recipe above was transcribed from this scan of Vera’s original card.