With this creamy pasta salad you are the party hit - it's that easy

Created: 03/29/2022, 10:12 am

By: Anja Auer

Pasta salad is the delicious classic with many variations.

© Matthias Wuerfl

Pasta salad is the classic when grilling and almost everyone has their own variant up their sleeve.

This creamy and colorful recipe is particularly popular.

Pasta salad recipes abound and in every family there is one that has been faithfully passed down from generation to generation.

But you should also try something new.

Anja Auer, the woman at the grill, shares her pasta salad recipe, which arose from the secrets of her mother and grandma.

The question of all questions: pasta salad or without mayonnaise?

Anja Auer: I would say it's up to you.

Fitness fans or those who are calorie conscious can omit these.

For me, the mayonnaise is as much a part of it as the lid is on the pot.

It doesn't have to be a whole tub of mayonnaise.

But the slightly creamy taste is something.

And if you don't eat a kilo of pasta salad right away, you can treat yourself to a little mayonnaise.

The more colorful the pasta salad the better?

"Eat with your eyes" is my credo here.

A pasta salad just looks better when it has green cucumbers, orange carrots, yellow cheese and red peppers in it.

Is the pasta salad a main course or a side dish?

The question arises for me for the following reason: It is well known that pasta salad is found on some party buffets.

And I've definitely seen the man in front of me put so much pasta salad on his plate while grazing the buffet that there was almost no room for anything else.

So it really seems that there are pasta salad fans out there.

And I think that a colorful

has what it takes to be a main course.

Read here

Anja Auer's creamy pasta salad

Servings:

8

45 minutes

Ingredients for the creamy pasta salad

• 500 g spiral pasta

• 1 red pepper

• 1 yellow pepper

• 2 medium onions

• 200 grams of cooked ham

• 5 pickles

• 200 g Gouda (alternatively: Emmental)

• 500 g peas and carrots (drained weight)

• 150 ml mayonnaise

• 200 grams of sour cream

• 1 tbsp medium hot mustard (how to make it yourself)

• 1 small bunch of chives

• 1 tsp cayenne pepper

• 2 tsp curry powder

• 3 tsp paprika powder

• 50 ml pickle stock (alternatively: vinegar)

• 1 tablespoon of sugar

• salt and pepper (to taste)

Find out more:

Creamy pasta salad: preparation

Creamy pasta salad - the recipe in the video

You can find more recipes on Anja Auer's blog www.die-frau-am-grill.de and her YouTube channel www.youtube.com/c/diefrauamgrill