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Easy Pasta Salad

This light pasta salad is the perfect accompaniment to your grilled meat or sausages.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Salad
Cuisine: European, German
Servings: 3
Author: Edinam

Ingredients

  • 200 grams fusilli pasta
  • 2 eggs boiled and diced
  • 1 medium onion chopped
  • 3 tbsp vinegar
  • 2 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 2 tbsp sweetened yoghurt
  • 1 tbsp mustard
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • black pepper
  • salt
  • 1 handful olives quartered
  • 2 slices ham chopped
  • 1 medium carrot grated
  • 1 medium cucumber diced

Instructions

  • Cook fusilli according to instructions on the packaging. This should be approx 8-10 minutes. Leave to cool.
  • Soak onions in vinegar for about 3 minutes.
  • Mix mayonnaise, sweetened yoghurt, and mustard in a bowl. Add a teaspoon of olive oil, a generous pinch of black pepper and a pinch of salt. 
  • Mix until all ingredients are well incorporated.
  • Remove onions from vinegar, run under water briefly and pat dry with a paper towel. Alternatively, you can let them drip off for about a minute in a sieve.
  • In a large bowl, add onions, fusilli, eggs, olives, ham, carrots, and cucumber and add the dressing. 
  • Adjust salt as necessary and place the salad in the fridge until ready to serve.