10 Jun Summer Pasta Salad
Summer Pasta Salad
A summery pasta dish to add some extra colour to your mid-week meals or BBQs. Pasta is tossed in a herby, zesty and creamy sauce with vegetables and sweet Peppadrops.
SERVING
Serves 4-6
PREP TIME
10 minutes
COOK TIME
15 minutes
SERVING
Serves 4-6
PREP TIME
10 minutes
COOK TIME
15 minutes
Ingredients
Dressing
- Bunch mixed coriander and parsley (extra for serving)
- ½ lime, juiced
- 1 garlic clove
- 50g natural yoghurt
- 60ml extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp maple syrup, optional
- Salt
Pasta ingredients
- 250g fusilli pasta
- 4 small courgettes
- 50g sweetcorn
- 50g kalamata olives
- 50g Sweet PEPPADEW® Peppadrops
- Handful cherry tomatoes
- ½ red onion, chopped
Method
- Cook the pasta according to the cooking instructions. Allow to cool and set aside until needed.
- Make the pasta dressing by blending all the ingredients until smooth. Season with salt and set aside.
- Slice the courgettes, then lightly pan-fry them until they are golden (a few minutes on each side).
- Prepare all the pasta ingredients by dicing the onion, and slicing the cherry tomatoes and kalamata olives in half.
- Bring the pasta dish together by combining in a large salad bowl the PEPPADEW® Peppadrops, sweetcorn, kalamata olives, onions, cherry tomatoes, cooked pasta and courgettes together.
- Add the homemade herby dressing and finish with chopped herbs before serving.
