This is one of my favorite Summer salad. When I lived in Italy in the Summer my mom used to make it very often and it was THE MOST delicious food to eat when we got back from the beach, hungry and thirsty. I remember I use to eat it out of the serving bowl, standing in front of the fridge…it was awesome!

You should try, it’s an experience! A lovely, unforgettable one…

Ingredients (for 6 servings)

• 1 1/2 cup white rice
• 250 g plum tomatoes
• 1/2 jar of ‘condiriso’
• 1 can (180 g) tuna in oil
• Basil or arugula
• 100 g mozzarella cheese
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• salt
• 1 lemon
• 1/2 cup artichokes in olive oil

Cook the rice and let it cool down

Dress it with 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, the zest of 1 lemon and the juice of almost 1/2 lemon.

Grab the tomatoes

Cut them in half

and then dice them up

Next up, grab some artichokes in olive oil, these are homemade

and cut them into halves

dice up the mozzarella cheese

then take the tuna

and the condiriso

and add all the ingredients to a big bowl, together with some fresh and crispy arugula (or basil if you prefer)

Dress with salt and 2 more tbsp of extra virgin olive oil, stir so all the ingredients are well coated

Add the rice too and mix well

Cover your rice salad with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or even over night.

Enjoy nice and chill!

Love

– LittleDani