This Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad with fresh vegetables, peppery arugula, and a light dressing is a tasty and fresh dish perfect as a side or a light meal.
Hello, folks! How are you doing? I hope you had a great weekend and are now ready for a new weekend.
Today, I am sharing an easy yet tasty recipe for a pasta salad. Or this Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad, to be precise!
Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad
This salad is absolutely easy to make with only several simple ingredients. The recipe calls for the following ingredients:
– Pasta – I used farfalle, but other small-shaped pasta like fusilli, penne, or orecchiette will work.
– Smoked salmon. I used cold-smoked salmon, but hot-smoked salmon will be a good choice. Personally, I prefer smoked-cold just because of its texture.
– Cherry tomatoes and cucumbers for freshness and juiciness. You can also add some sweet peppers.
– Arugula – adds a nice peppery touch. You can use other leafy greens. Watercress, baby kale, or mustard greens will be a nice substitution. You can use spinach, too, but in my opinion, it is a tad bland for this salad.
– Fresh herbs – I used parsley, but dill will be nice, too.
– Extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice – just a touch, to help all flavours blend.
– Freshly ground black pepper and salt (optional) – depending on the saltiness of your smoked salmon, you may or may not need it. Pink and white peppercorns will work nicely, too.
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Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad
Course: Main, Salads6-8
servings15
minutes15
This Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad with fresh vegetables, peppery arugula, and a light dressing is a tasty and fresh dish perfect as a side or a light meal.
Ingredients
2 cups (~225 gr.) dry pasta or 4 1/2 cups (~800 gr.) of cooked pasta; use short type pasta (fusilli, farfalle, penne, etc.)
250-300 g. cold-smoked salmon, sliced or turned into pieces – while the texture and flavour will be slightly different, hot-smoked salmon will also work nicely
1 1/2 cups (~300 gr.) cherry tomatoes, halved if large
1 English cucumber, sliced
2Â large handfuls baby arugula
fresh herbs like parsley or dill, chopped
1-2 tbsp. (15-30 ml.) extra virgin olive oil
1/2 – 1 tbsp. (7.5 to 15 ml.) lemon juice
freshly ground black pepper, to taste
salt, optional, to taste – depending on the saltiness of your salad
Directions
- Bring a large pot with well-salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook until al dente (check the package for recommended cook time). Drain and rinse well under cold water to stop the cooking process.
- In a large bowl, combine the pasta, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, parsley, and smoked salmon. Drizzle with the oil and lemon juice and toss to coat. Try and season with black pepper and salt, if necessary. Stir the arugula just before serving.
- You can serve it right away, but ideally chill it for at least one hour. Keep the leftovers refrigerated for 2-3 days. If making the salad ahead, I recommend adding the arugula just before serving so it stays fresh and crisp.
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What a great pasta salad. I use smoked salmon in hot pastas but never have used it (yet) in a salad.
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This Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad sounds like the perfect combination of freshness and flavor! The mix of crisp veggies, peppery arugula, and zesty lemon dressing complements the richness of smoked salmon so well. It’s great to see a dish that’s both simple to prepare and ideal for light, satisfying meals.
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I prepare salmon for today’s lunch. Thank you for this idea; I’ll add some pasta…..
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I might try this in a hot version as I don’t like pasta salads.
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This is a perfect summer meal! Daisy, do grab some salmon and leave the salad and noodles alone :-))
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The perfect spring time pasta salad. All these ingredients work so well together, especially the smoked salmon with arugula. :)
Your cat looks very interested by this yummy salad: you must keep salmon for him/her!
This is wonderful! I love the pasta mixed with arugula. It lightens up the pasta salad. And I’ll take cold-smoked salmon in anything. It’s so good. Great recipe!