A few decades ago, everyone perceived pasta as a regular side dish for meat products. But only relatively recently, people began to realize that pasta is perfect for cooking delicious vegetable and meat salads. This ingredient goes well with basic salad products, adding to the dish nutritional value and unusual taste. Here will be presented the best recipes of Italian salads with pasta and various additional products.
Salad with pasta, vegetables and turkey
This pasta salad is best served for breakfast or lunch, because it contains a fairly large amount of protein and fat, which are necessary for a person to function normally.
To prepare this salad, you will need to take 400 g of turkey, 250 g of pasta, 100 g of green peas, one bell pepper, a little green onion and lettuce. To make the sauce in this salad, you need to purchase natural yogurt, lemon and garlic.
How to cook
Turkey fillet should be cut into small pieces, beat off a little and sprinkle generously with chicken seasoning. Then melt a little butter in a frying pan (you can use regular vegetable oil), in which to fry the meat until cooked. Set the turkey aside, and after it cools, cut into strips or slices.
Prepare pasta according to the instructions on the packaging. In a separate pan you need to boil a little peas. Bell pepper should be cut into long strips, chop green onions, and lettuce leaves should be torn by hand into smaller parts.
Now it's time to make the sauce. In a small container, mix 200 ml of natural yogurt, lemon juice and a few cloves of garlic. Now it is time to mix all the prepared ingredients in a bowl, pour them with sauce and mix thoroughly. This completes the process of preparing a salad with pasta according to the recipe. The dish can be laid out on portioned plates and served.
Italian pasta and ham salad
Delicate salad with a great mix of ham, pasta, vegetables and cheese. All these products are linked together into a single perfect sauce. This dish is very popular, distributed and served throughout Italy. To prepare the salad, you will need to take 200 g of farfalle pasta (in common people - pasta butterflies), a small amount of parmesan, 200 g of ham, several fleshy bell peppers, pine nuts, olive oil, marjoram, oregano and thyme.
The paste should be cooked to al dente (when a slight crunch is felt in the middle of the product). In the water in which the pasta will be cooked, you should add a few tablespoons of olive or vegetable oil. When the flour products are cooked, they must be put on a sieve, and then in any container. Sprinkle the paste on top with a small amount of grated Parmesan and set the product aside, let it cool.
Bell pepper should be burnt in the oven at high temperature. Then cut into long strips, removing the skin. Grind the pine nuts a little and put in the pasta. Place all ingredients in one container, put them in the refrigerator for one hour. After the allotted time, the ham should be cut into small cubes and put it to the rest of the ingredients.
Now you need to cook a simple, but at the same time very spicy sauce for Italian salad with pasta and ham. In a small container, mix olive oil, marjoram, oregano and thyme. Mix thoroughly and season the salad with the resulting mixture. Now the dish should be laid out on portioned plates; if desired, you can decorate with cherry tomatoes and any greens.
Pasta salad recipe with photo
It contains very few ingredients, but the dish has everything you need for a hearty breakfast or lunch. To prepare four servings of salad, you should take:
- 200 g pasta (shells recommended)
- one small cabbage of broccoli;
- 120 g of moldy cheese.
Despite the small amount of basic products, it is very fragrant and tasty sauce. To prepare it, you should take 70 g of capers, 30 g of parsley, olive oil and grated parmesan.
Cooking salad
Cook pasta according to the instructions on the packaging. After which they drain the water, add a small amount of olive oil, mix and set aside.
Divide broccoli into smaller parts and boil in a pan until cooked. After that, collect a large amount of cold water into the pan, add ice if possible. Put the freshly boiled broccoli in the ice liquid. This procedure is necessary so that the product does not lose its bright color.
Put capers, parsley, olive oil, parmesan and a little salt in a blender bowl. Puree all ingredients until smooth. Moldy cheese must be cut into small cubes and put it in a bowl, add all the other ingredients here. Pour the product in the prepared sauce, mix and arrange on plates. This ended the process of preparing a salad with pasta according to the recipe. In the photo you can see how the dish should look in the end.
Salad with tuna, corn and pasta
An incredibly nutritious salad, it is perfect for a hearty and healthy breakfast. The advantage of the salad is that it is very quick and easy to cook, it has a very simple but tasty dressing. Therefore, the salad will certainly become one of the most popular dishes in the morning, before a hard working day.
The steps below in the photo will help in preparing the dishes. The following foods should be prepared for pasta salad:
- a can of canned tuna;
- 100 g farfalle pasta (you can use any other type of pasta, but it is highly recommended to use it from durum wheat);
- a can of canned corn;
- hard cheese - 50 g.
To prepare salad dressing, you will need to take only olive oil, wine vinegar, oregano.
How to cook
To make the cooking process quick and easy, you must follow the instructions in a step-by-step instruction:
- First you need to boil the paste to the state of al dente. Strain off excess liquid, pour in a tablespoon of vegetable oil and set them aside to cool.
- Cut bell pepper into a small cube.
- Now you can make the sauce for the salad. In a small bowl, mix 4 tablespoons of olive oil with 5 tablespoons of wine vinegar. Add a teaspoon of oregano and mix everything. Also, the dressing will need to be mixed well again just before serving. Since wine vinegar is heavier than oil, it will settle on the bottom.
- Open cans of tuna and corn. Combine these two products with already prepared bell peppers and pasta.
- Pour salad dressing into a bowl, mix everything thoroughly and arrange on plates.
- For each serving of salad, pour a small amount of grated hard cheese on top. If desired, the dish can be decorated with greens or cherry tomatoes.
Features of the preparation of salads
Salads, where pasta is the main ingredient, have some features. Since pasta is an excellent side dish, the use of meat or fish is recommended in the salad, in which case the dish turns out to be full and hearty. So that the pasta does not fall apart right on the plate and tastes good, they must be cooked to the state of al dente.
It is not recommended to use mayonnaise sauces as a salad dressing, in which case the dish will turn out to be too nutritious and fatty. Therefore, a healthy and healthy salad can turn into junk food.
Now you know some interesting pasta salad recipes that are very popular in Italy and in Europe in general. More and more citizens from the former USSR are also joining this culture, because it is really tasty, satisfying and healthy. You can always experiment and change recipes yourself by adding or, conversely, removing various ingredients.