Step 1 of 6
Mediterranean Pasta Salad
Bring a large pan of well-salted water to the boil, add the farfalle, stir once, and cook for about 10 minutes or to the package directions.
Step 2
Drain it into a colander and run cold water through until the pasta is cool, so it stops cooking and does not clump.
Step 3
Quarter the plum tomatoes into a salad bowl, tear the basil leaves over them and turn them through 1 tbsp of the olive oil.
Step 4
Add the cooled pasta with the sliced olives, the drained mozzarella and the tuna broken into chunks, and mix it all through.
Step 5
Leave the bowl to stand for at least half an hour. This is not idle time — it is when the tomato juice and oil become a dressing.
Step 6
Just before it goes to the table, grind black pepper generously over and trickle the last of the olive oil across the top.