Pasta salad with hot-smoked salmon and pesto
Looking for an easy and refreshing meal? This pasta salad with hot-smoked salmon and pesto is highly recommended! Perfect for a quick lunch, a light dinner, or to take with you. This pasta salad is also ideal to prepare in advance, for example for a picnic or a busy day.
Ingredients · Servings 2
- 200 gr pasta
- 150 gr warmgerookte zalm
- 1 bakje groene pesto (ca. 100 gr)
- 2 handjes rucola
- 10-12 cherrytomaatjes
- 1/2 komkommer
- 1 kleine rode ui
- 2 el mayonaise
- 1 el citroensap
- 2 tenen knoflook
- snufje peper en zout
Method · 20 min
- Kook de pasta volgens de instructies op de verpakking. Giet de pasta af, spoel eventueel kort af met koud water en laat goed uitlekken.
- Snijd de cherrytomaatjes in stukjes, de komkommer in blokjes en snipper de rode ui fijn.
- Doe de pesto, mayonaise en het citroensap in een kom en meng dit door elkaar. Pers de knoflook erbij en roer nog even goed door.
- Voeg de pasta toe aan de de tomaatjes, komkommer en rode ui en meng alles goed door elkaar.
- Verdeel de rucola erdoor en scheur de warmgerookte zalm in stukjes. Meng de zalm voorzichtig door de salade.
- Breng de pastasalade op smaak met een snufje peper en zout.
- Serveer direct of zet nog even in de koelkast zodat de smaken goed kunnen intrekken.
- Lekker met nog wat pijnboompitjes.
Pasta salad with hot-smoked salmon and pesto
- 200g pasta
- 150 g hot-smoked salmon
- 1 container of green pesto approx. 100 g
- 2 handfuls of arugula
- 10-12 cherry tomatoes
- 1/2 cucumber
- 1 small rode ui
- 2 the mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 cloves of garlic
- pinch of salt and pepper
Preparation method:
- Cook the pasta according to the instructions on the packaging. Drain the pasta, rinse briefly with cold water if necessary, and let it drain well.
- Cut the cherry tomatoes into pieces, the cucumber into cubes, and finely chop the red onion.
- Put the pesto, mayonnaise, and lemon juice in a bowl and mix them together. Press in the garlic and stir well.
- Add the pasta to the tomatoes, cucumber, and red onion and mix everything well together.
- Scatter the arugula throughout and tear the hot-smoked salmon into pieces. Gently mix the salmon into the salad.
- Season the pasta salad with a pinch of salt and pepper.
- Serve immediately or put in the refrigerator for a while so the flavors can infuse properly.
- Delicious with some pine nuts.
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