Shrimp-Tomato Pasta Salad

Submitted by JackieOhNo

"This is one of my favorite meal ideas - a main-course salad. From Good Food Magazine, March 1986."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• salt
• 3⁄4 cup sour cream
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1⁄2 cup finely chopped sun-dried tomato
• 1⁄3 cup finely chopped pitted oil-cured olives
• 1⁄4 cup finely chopped parsley
• 1 tablespoon capers, drained
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried thyme, crumbled
• 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1 1⁄3 lbs medium shrimp, cooked, shelled, deveined
• 1 lb penne pasta

directions

1. Heat salted water for pasta to boiling.
2. Meanwhile, combine sour cream, oil, tomatoes, olives, parsley, capers, lemon zest, thyme, and pepper.
3. Coarsely chop half the shrimp and stir into sour cream mixture.
4. Cook pasta in boiling water until tender but firm to the bite. Drain thoroughly; transfer to wide bowl.
5. Add sauce to warm pasta or let pasta cool to room temperature and then add sauce. Toss to coat pasta; top with remaining shrimp.

Reviews

[Lavender Lynn]

We really enjoyed this. I forgot to add the lemon zest. Made for ZWT9.

 

[threeovens]

This was so easy and lemon zest elevated it to something special.

 

[Sarah_Jayne]

This made a tasty and pretty healthy lunch. I used a mixture of green and Kalamata olives and replaced the sour cream with fat free Greek yogurt with a squeeze of fresh lemon in it which is a nice fat free sub for sour cream at times. Then at the very end I just added some crumbled reduced fat feta over the pasta. Very nice indeed. Made for ZWT4.

 

[Midwest Maven]

This salad has alot of great flavor. I made this tonight to go along with grilled chicken and it was loved by everyone. Thanks so much for a great salad recipe! Made this for ZWT4 for the Chic Chefs :)