Seafood Recipes

Quick and easy pasta salad

Make this simple storecupboard pasta salad with sunny Mediterranean-style flavours like sundried tomatoes and basil. Pack it up for lunch the next day.

Ingredients

• 300g farfalle (pasta bows)
• 200g frozen peas
• 1 large tomato
• 10 sundried tomatoes in oil
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tsp white wine vinegar
• 1 garlic clove
• large handful fresh basil leaves
• 85g pack prosciutto or salami

Directions

• STEP 1

  COOK THE PASTA: Boil the pasta in salted water for 8 minutes then add the peas, return the water to the boil and cook for 2 minutes more until the pasta and peas are tender. Tip into a colander over the sink, cool the pasta and peas under the cold tap then drain really well.

• STEP 2

  MAKE THE DRESSING: While the pasta is boiling roughly chop the tomato and put in a food processor with half the sun-dried tomatoes, the olive oil, vinegar, garlic and about 8 basil leaves. Season with plenty of salt and freshly ground pepper then whizz until smooth. Tip into a large salad bowl.

• STEP 3

  TOSS AND SERVE: Add the pasta and peas to the dressing, roughly slice the rest of the sun-dried tomatoes and add to the pasta with the remaining basil leaves. Tear in the prosciutto or salami and toss everything together. Pile into bowls and, if possible, eat outside.