Pasta salad with pesto & prawns

Pasta salad with pesto & prawns

This is a wonderful, zingy dish, perfect for a lunch out in the garden - use our recipe for homemade pesto to make it extra special

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preperation and cooking times

Ready in 30-40 minutes

Method

  1. Plunge the pasta into a large pan of salted boiling water and cook according to packet instructions until al dente. Drain the pasta into a colander and hold it under cold running water to cool it down quickly.
  2. Shake off the excess water and tip the pasta into a large bowl. Toss in 1 tbsp olive oil to coat thoroughly (this helps stop the pasta from sticking together), then add the prawns.
  3. Mix the pesto, mayonnaise and lemon or lime juice with some salt and pepper to taste. If you need to slacken the mixture a bit, stir in a little more olive oil. Pour the pesto dressing over the pasta and prawns and give everything a good stir. Add the parsley and basil leaves and stir again, then pile into your serving dish and serve scattered with extra shredded basil leaves, plus lemon wedges for squeezing over the salad.

600 kcalories, protein 24g, carbohydrate 78g, fat 24 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 3g, salt 2 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2002.

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Taste team comment

'I've never tried pesto in salad before, but I will definitely make this again.'

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  • 14 April 2008

    Nic's Recipe rated and commented on this recipe

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    This is absolutely delicious, i make it all the time, a really good lunch box filler!

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    DaisyMay rated and commented on this recipe

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    Very tasty! I made this for a buffet and it went down well. Quick and easy too.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preperation and cooking times

Ready in 30-40 minutes

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