Spring Sweet Pea Pasta Salad

Name: Spring Sweet Pea Pasta Salad
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 454 grams package bow tie (farfalle) pasta; 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste; 227 grams diced fully cooked lean ham; 1 Tbsp dried dill weed; 2 sprigs fresh dill, for garnish; 6 servings kosher salt to taste; 59 milliliters lemon juice; 1 Tbsp lemon zest; 177 milliliters mayonnaise; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 227 grams frozen green peas, thawed; 118 milliliters diced red onion; 227 grams cubed sharp Cheddar cheese; 177 milliliters sour cream

Spring Sweet Pea Pasta Salad might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. One serving contains 775 calories, 29g of protein, and 44g of fat. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 22% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have kosher salt, mayonnaise, cream, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the lemon zest you could follow this main course with the Orange Marmalade Cookies with Orange Zest Icing as a dessert. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Spring.

Instructions

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil over high heat.

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Water

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Pot

Add the bow tie pasta, and cook until al dente, 8 to 10 minutes.

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Farfalle

Drain and rinse well with cold water, then toss with the olive oil, and set aside.

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Olive Oil

Water

Stir the sour cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice, lemon zest, dried dill, cayenne pepper, and salt until smooth. Fold in the onion, peas, ham, Cheddar cheese, and bow tie pasta.

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Cayenne Pepper