Foody lunch? No-heat lunch? Lunch on the go? Oh yes, this tasty Salami Pasta Salad comes to the rescue when you are looking for quick lunch ideas. It’s perfect for meal prep and dead easy to make: you only need to cook the pasta, chop a few ingredients and mix everything together. Also, if you are looking for picnic foods this might be something to pack in your basket!
Salami Pasta Salad
🍴 Servings: 4
🕒 Hands-on: ~ 15 minutes
🎛 Cooking time: No additional!
INGREDIENTS
- 200g small pasta
- 100g salami
- 100g (200ml) frozen peas
- 50g (100ml) frozen sweetcorn
- 1 red or orange pepper, diced
- 70g gherkins (7-8 baby gherkins), diced
- 150ml crème fraîche
- 2 tsp tabasco or hot sauce
- 1 tsp sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
STEPS
1 Cook the pasta according to package instructions in salted water. Once cooked, drain and transfer into a large dish. Add frozen peas and sweetcorn (no need to defrost, they will also help to cool down the pasta).
2 Next, chop the salami into small chunks and also dice the red pepper and gherkins. If you are using baby gherkins you can just slice them into about 1cm pieces. Add all chopped ingredients to the pasta.
3 Finally, add crème fraîche, tabasco, sugar, salt and pepper. Give the pasta salad a stir and adjust seasoning if needed. Cover with cling film and ideally refrigerate a couple of hours before serving.
Notes:
- Pasta — Ideally use small pasta, such as macaroni, orzo or small shell pasta. Pasta with smaller surface area helps trapping the crème fraîche
- Salami — If you live in the UK, Peperami works perfectly in this pasta salad! Otherwise I’d recommend using German salami or salami that has a smoky flavour
- Sauce — This is not a very saucy pasta salad, the crème fraîche is there more for the flavour than to make a proper sauce. However, if you find the pasta salad too dry for your liking, you can always add a few tablespoons of plain yogurt or mayonnaise. Yogurt is better choice as mayonnaise can easily overpower crème fraîche’s subtle flavour
Main equipment:
Medium saucepan
Colander (optional)
Chopping board + knife
Medium dish (1.5L)
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