Get ready to become the barbecue cook’s best friend with this creamy pasta salad, which brings together the best of summer’s flavours. This recipe for pasta salad with cucumber, feta, red onion and a fresh dill dressing is easy to make, and it benefits from being prepared earlier in the day so the flavours really have time to develop.
The pasta salad combines the crisp freshness of cucumber and the bite of red onion with the creamy, salty taste of feta. The dressing, based on crème fraîche and dill, adds a lovely aromatic dimension that lifts the whole dish.
Serve this pasta salad as part of your barbecue spread, where it will complement everything from juicy skewers to beautifully grilled vegetables. It also works beautifully as a main-course salad for a light lunch or dinner, especially on hot summer days when you want something light yet satisfying.
Creamy pasta salad with cucumber, feta and dill dressing
Ingredients
Pasta salad
- 250 g pasta
- 1 1/2 cucumber, diced
- 180 g peas, thawed from frozen
- 1 small red onion, quartered and thinly sliced
- 150 g feta or Greek-style salad cheese, diced
Dill dressing
- 300 ml crème fraîche
- 50 ml mayonnaise
- 1 bunch fresh dill, finely chopped – about 2-3 tbsp
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
Method
- Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions, then rinse it under cold water until it is completely cooled. Leave it to drain in a sieve.
- Meanwhile, mix the ingredients for the dressing and season to taste with salt and freshly ground pepper.
- Combine the pasta, cucumber, red onion, peas and feta in a large bowl and toss well with the dressing.Serve straight away, or keep the pasta salad in the fridge until ready to serve.
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Dette er min go-to pastasalat, den er virkelig god. Har lavet den +10 gange nu.
Den er altid en sikker vinder hvis man får gæster.
Jeg tilføjer også hvidløgspulver, og det gør den bestemt ikke dårligere!
Tak for opskriften. 🙂
Hej Lars
Ej hvor er det mega dejligt at høre – tusind tak for de søde ord 🙂
Og god idé med hvidløgspulver, det er simpelthen då lækkert i dressinger 🙂
Warm wishes, Dianna
Elskede denne pasta salat , helt perfekt som grill tilbehør det er ikke sidste gang vi laver den .
Hej Mette
Ej hvor er det bare dejligt at høre – tusind tusind tak 🙂
Warm wishes, Dianna
Lækker pastasalat!