Pasta Primavera and Cucumber Olive Salad

by GreatMeals
485 views
Pasta Primavera and Cucumber Olive Salad

Now that all the snow ❄️ in the city has cleared… We are already dreaming about spring days 😌 In anticipation of sunnier ☀️ days, we made pasta primavera with a cucumber 🥒 and olive salad.  In Italian 🇮🇹 primavera means spring… so this pasta dish is made with vibrant seasonal vegetables!

Advertisement

Pasta Primavera and Cucumber Olive Salad

Pasta Primavera and Cucumber Olive Salad

Serves: 4 Prep Time: Cooking Time:
Nutrition facts: 200 calories 20 grams fat
Rating: 5.0/5
( 1 voted )

Ingredients

¼ lb Sugar Snap Peas, stems trimmed

½ lb Asparagus, ends snapped

2 tbsp Unsalted Butter

¾ cup Fresh English Peas

¼ cup Thinly sliced spring onion, white part only (or use shallot)

2 Garlic Cloves, finely chopped

½ Tsp Fine Sea Salt, more as needed

Black pepper, more as needed

10 oz Fettuccine or Tagliatelle, preferably fresh (see recipe)

⅔ cup Grated Parmigiano-Reggiano, at room temperature

½ cup Crème Fraîche or Whole Milk Greek Yogurt, at room temperature

3 Tbsp Finely Chopped Parsley

1 Tbsp Finely Chopped Tarragon

Instructions

1. Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil over medium-high heat.

2. While the water is coming to a boil, slice snap peas and asparagus stems into 1/4-inch-thick pieces; leave asparagus tips whole.

3. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add snap peas, asparagus, English peas, and onion. Cook until vegetables are barely tender (but not too soft or mushy), 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook 1 minute more. Season with salt and pepper; set aside.

4. Drop pasta into boiling water and cook until al dente (1 to 3 minutes for fresh pasta, more for dried pasta). Drain well and transfer pasta to a large bowl. Immediately toss pasta with vegetables, Parmigiano-Reggiano, crème fraîche and herbs. Drizzle good quality olive oil over the pasta and season generously with salt and pepper, if needed.

Did You Make This Recipe?
If you liked this recipe, tag us on Instagram at @GreatMeals.ca

Leave a Comment

You may also like

This website uses cookies to improve your experience.
Cookies are used by this website and third parties to enhance your user experience, personalise content and ads, provide social media features, and analyse our traffic. You can consent to the use of such technologies by closing this notice, by interacting with any link or button outside of this notice or by continuing to browse otherwise.
Accept For more information on how cookies are used on this site, please view our privacy policy by clicking here.