Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Nudelnsalat à la Metz / Pasta salad


Recipe for 4 hungry diners

300 gm dried pasta
8 Vienna sausages (Wienerwürstchen)
8 hard-boiled eggs, shelled
600 gm frozen green peas
1 tin whole kernel maize
8 to 12 sour gherkins (Sauregurken)
1 big onion, diced

2 tablespoons mayonnaise
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon vinegar
half cup marinade from the sour gherkins

Boil the pasta till done. Drain it well and place in a big mixing bowl.
Boil the sausages gently till hot, then cut into small round pieces of about 3 mm thick. Add to mixing bowl.
Dice the hard-boiled eggs. Add to mixing bowl.
Put the frozen peas into boiling water with a tablespoon salt added to it. Let the peas stay in the pot till the water boils again. Drain well, add to mixing bowl.
Drain the tin of maize. Add to mixing bowl.
Dice the sour gherkins, Add to mixing bowl.

The add the diced onion, oliver oil, mayonnaise, vinegar and marinade to all the other ingredients in the mixing bowl. Mix well. Add salt to taste.

The Nudelnsalat is a standalone meal. Makes a great picnic.

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