Creamy pasta salad
- Lenie Smit
- Apr 27, 2016
- 1 min read

Serves 6-8 Preparation time: 30 min Cooking time: 20-30 min
500 g fusilli (pasta twists)
butter
2 onions, finely chopped
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
4 tomatoes, sliced
salt and pepper
2 green or red peppers, chopped
500 g mushrooms, sliced
500 g bacon, chopped
250 ml (1 c) mayonnaise
mixed with 250 ml (1 c) natural yoghurt
1 Cook the pasta according to packet instructions, drain and rinse under cold running water. 2 Heat 20 g butter. Fry onions and half the garlic until soft. 3 Add tomatoes and simmer until cooked. Season with salt and pepper, and transfer to a salad bowl. 4 Heat a little butter and fry the peppers until they begin to brown. Add to tomato mixture. 5 Fry the mushrooms with the rest of the garlic until cooked. Add to the mixture in the bowl. 6 Cook the bacon, add to bowl. Mix in pasta and leave to cool. 7 Stir in the mayonnaise and yoghurt mixture.
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