Warm Pasta Cucumber Salad
The hearty warm pasta cucumber salad features a lush mix of vitamins and minerals and can be prepared even by beginners.
Ingredients
- 200 g red bell peppers (1 red bell pepper)
- 160 g tomatoes (2 tomatoes)
- 400 g small salad cucumber (or 1 piece cucumber; 1 small salad cucumber)
- Salt
- 1 Red Onion
- 6 stalks dill
- 3 tbsp white balsamic vinegar
- Pepper
- a pinch of sugar
- 5 tbsp olive oil
- 350 g short pasta (e.g., penne)
- 12 shrimp (prepped, head and shell removed)
Instructions
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1.
Halve the bell pepper, remove seeds, wash, and finely dice.
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2.
Wash tomatoes, cut off stem ends in a wedge shape, and finely dice the flesh as well.
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3.
Thoroughly wash cucumber, dry, split lengthwise. Use a teaspoon to remove seeds and slice cucumber at an angle into about 1 cm thick slices.
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4.
Bring plenty of salted water to boil for pasta. Peel onion, halve lengthwise, cut into fine strips. Wash dill, shake dry, trim tips, and roughly chop.
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5.
Whisk white balsamic vinegar with salt, pepper, sugar, and 3 tbsp olive oil in a large bowl. Mix in bell pepper, tomatoes, cucumber, and onion.
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6.
Cook pasta according to package instructions in plenty of boiling salted water until al dente.
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7.
Meanwhile rinse shrimp cold and pat dry. Heat remaining oil in a large non-stick pan over high heat; cook shrimp while turning for 3-4 minutes.
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8.
Drain pasta, reserving 100 ml pasta cooking water in a bowl. Combine pasta and cooking water with the salad. Fold in dill, season with salt and pepper. Plate with shrimp on top and serve.
