Gazpacho Themed Pasta Salad
This pasta salad is different! It is based on tomato like Spanish gazpacho soup but has a lime dressing and kick from green chilli.
Ingredients
Serves: 6
- 250g fusilli pasta
- 4 spring onions, chopped
- 1 green capsicum, chopped
- 1 green or jalapeño chilli, seeded and finely chopped
- 2 tomatoes, chopped
- 1 large Lebanese cucumber, chopped
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1/4 cup (125ml) fresh lime juice
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 3/4 cup (200ml) tomato juice
Directions
Preparation:20min ›
Cook:10min ›
Ready in:30min
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
- In large bowl combine pasta, onion, capsicum, chilli, tomatoes, cucumber, oil, salt, garlic, lime juice, black pepper and tomato juice. Toss well and chill in refrigerator for 2 hours. Toss again before serving.
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Made it vegetarian. This was fantastic. I substituted a jar of salsa for the tomatoes, tomato juice, jalapeno and capsicum. - 29 Sep 2008
Something else. I was looking for a change from the usual mayo based salads and decided on this since we love Gazpacho soup. From past experience I cut the amount of jalapeno which we believe to be a wise decision. I also used V8 juice and that gave it more of a taste. I used more juice than called for as experience has taught pasta absorbs liquid and with the amount given it was going to really soak in. Finally I added a touch more salt as that balances the lime a bit better, and added fresh chopped basil, flat leaf parsley and coriander. This passed the 'husband review' with flying colours! - 29 Sep 2008
I recommend adding more seasoning. - 29 Sep 2008