Creamy ham pasta salad

Recipes / Salads

This creamy pasta salad is perfect to go with those Sunday afternoon barbecues.

Recipe «Creamy ham pasta salad» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more 10 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 300g dried bowtie-shaped pasta, 200g shaved leg ham, chopped, 1 small yellow capsicum, halved, deseeded, diced, 3/4 cup semi-dried tomatoes, chopped, 1 Lebanese cucumber, halved lengthways, chopped , 2 sticks celery, sliced, Dressing, 1/3 cup whole-egg mayonnaise , 2 tbsp light sour cream, 1 tbsp honey, 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard.

Ingredients:

  • 300g dried bowtie-shaped pasta 
  • 200g shaved leg ham, chopped 
  • 1 small yellow capsicum, halved, deseeded, diced 
  • 3/4 cup semi-dried tomatoes, chopped 
  • 1 Lebanese cucumber, halved lengthways, chopped 
  • 2 sticks celery, sliced 
  • Dressing 
  • 1/3 cup whole-egg mayonnaise 
  • 2 tbsp light sour cream 
  • 1 tbsp honey 
  • 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard 

Instructions

  1. Make dressing: Combine all ingredients, and salt and pepper in a screw-top jar. Shake well to combine.
  2. Cook pasta in a saucepan of boiling salted water, following packet directions, until just tender. Drain well. Transfer to a large bowl.
  3. Add ham, capsicum, tomatoes, cucumber, celery and dressing to pasta. Toss to combine. Spoon into servingsized airtight containers. Refrigerate until ready to pack into lunch boxes.