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
Serves 4
Preparation and cooking times
Ready in 30-40 minutes
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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Difficulty and servings
Serves 4
Preparation and cooking times
Ready in 30-40 minutes
Ingredients
- 400g dried short pasta , such as rigatoni or penne
- about 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 200g peeled cooked prawns
- 5 tbsp (100g/4oz) green pesto
- 3 tbsp mayonnaise
- juice of ½ lemon or lime
- 3 tbsp chopped fresh parsley , preferably flatleaf
- a few basil leaves , shredded with your fingers, plus extra for sprinkling
- lemon wedges, for squeezing
600 kcalories, protein 24g, carbohydrate 78g, fat 24 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 3g, salt 2 g
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