Creamy crab farfalle salad
An ideal meal for hot summer evenings, this pasta salad feeds 2, with loads to spare or 6 as a side-dish.
It also makes great "late-night-fridge-snack food", for hunters and foragers.
| Creamy crab farfalle salad | |
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| Servings: | Serves 2+ as a main course and 6+ as a side salad. |
| Calories per serving: | 793 |
| Ready in: | 20 minutes |
| Prep. time: | 10 minutes |
| Cook time: | 10 minutes |
| Difficulty: | 
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| Recipe author: | Chef |
| First published: | 24th October 2012 |
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Best recipe reviewLol - Hunters and foragers 4/5 Here's me thinking this is someone digging for mushrooms 😁 |
Ingredients
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- 200g dried farfalle pasta.
- 170g can of crabmeat or the brown and white meat from 2 small dressed crabs
- 5 cm (2") cucumber, peeled, sliced length-wise and finely chopped.
- 3 spring onions, finely chopped.
- 1 red bell pepper, roasted, peeled, de-seeded and cut into rings.
- 2 tomatoes, chopped.
- Half a can of sweetcorn kernels, rinsed and drained.
- 4 tablespoons homemade garlic mayonnaise, Hellmanns at a push.
- 4 tablespoons Greek yogurt (just 'cos there was some around)
- Splash of lemon juice.
- A big splash of louisiana hot pepper sauce or Tabasco sauce .
- A splash of Chinese black vinegar or malt vinegar.
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Pitted black olives & freshly chopped parsley to garnish.
Method
- Cook the pasta to al-dente as directed on the packet.
- Rinse in cold water and add a shake of olive oil and mix well if not using immediately.
- Add all of the other ingredients to a bowl and mix really well.
- Cover and chill in the refrigerator for an hour or so.
- Arrange in a large serving bowl.
- Enjoy.
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