Pasta Salad
Pasta Salad
Ingredients
250 grams pasta - small shells or spirals
Dressing:
6 tablespoons lite olive oil
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1 clove garlic – crushed
1 tablespoon lite mayonnaise
salt and pepper to taste
Prepare:
125 grams (4oz) ham - cut into thin strips
2 tomatoes - peeled and diced small
2 hard boiled eggs cut into small pieces
3 tablespoons of parsley finely chopped
2 tablespoons red and or green capsicum combined (red or green peppers)
Method:
Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling water until just tender (salt is optional). Drain well and let stand for a couple of minutes.
Mix the oil, vinegar, garlic and mayonnaise with salt and pepper and mix this through the warm pasta. Let stand for about 30 minutes before serving.
Mix all ingredients into the pasta dish. Stand for about 1 hour.
Please note that the most important part in this recipe is to mix the dressing into the warm pasta. It will soak up the flavours as it cools and it will keep for approximately 12 hours.
This recipe will go well with seafood such as fresh prawns or it could be served as a side salad with a BBQ.