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Creamy bacon pasta salad recipe
View recipeEveryone needs a good pasta salad in their repertoire, the one you’re famous for and asked to bring to every barbecue. The dressing has to be creamy but not too rich, the vegetables have to have a crunch and, let’s face it, everything’s better with bacon! So here it is, the tastiest creamy bacon pasta salad that is sure to become your signature dish. How to make a creamy bacon pasta salad: key tips It’s always best to cook pasta for a salad until it is just al dente. This way the fusilli (corkscrew pasta) will still be firm when you are mixing it with the other ingredients and is less likely to break apart. Cook the bacon pieces until they are well browned so that you bring out the flavour and you also get that lovely crispiness throughout the salad. Tossing three-quarters of the dressing into the pasta mix ensures that everything is well-coated, then drizzling the remaining dressing over the pasta salad when serving gives it the best presentation. Key ingredients in this creamy bacon pasta salad recipe The cook has used fusilli pasta as its spiral shape provides lots of surface area for the dressing to cling to. Plus, she’s added tangy sour cream and lemon juice to the whole egg mayonnaise to cut back on the richness. Capsicum, corn and spring onion are there for taste and texture, and bacon for salty smokiness. Feel free to play around and use your favourite vegetables and proteins to make this pasta salad yours (see below for some ideas). Build on your pasta salad repertoire with our top 10 pasta salads, as well as another 16 pasta salads to feed a crowd. Introduction and additional recipe notes by Alison Adams and Natasha Shaw.
