Lemon Capellini Salad
Lemon Capellini Salad is a light, refreshing pasta dish that features thin, delicate Italian pasta called capellini (angel hair). It is tossed with a bright, tangy lemon-based dressing,
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings
- Category: Salad & Salad Dressing
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
1 (1 pound) box angel hair pasta (I like the pot size as it is only half the usual length)
Sauce
1/4 cup good olive oil
Juice of 3 large lemons or more if small
1 teaspoon salt
Good sprinkling of black pepper
Cayenne pepper, to taste (not too much)
1/2 cups capers with its liquid
1/2 medium size red onion, very finely chopped
2 very pale stalks celery, chopped finely
2 cups cherry tomatoes, quarters and chopped, adding their juice to the rest of the liquid*
1/4 cup fresh parsley or cilantro leaves, chopped finely
Chicken stock
Instructions
- Start assembling the sauce for the salad while waiting for water to boil to cook pasta.
- Combine all the ingredients for the sauce. This will take longer than it takes pasta to cook (5 minutes).
- After the pasta is done, put into a colander and rinse with cold water. Once it is cooled, put into a large bowl with whatever sauce ingredients you have already added and stir it together. You might want to use a meat fork.
- As you chop the rest of the vegetables, add them.
- If the salad tastes too dry now, add about 1/4 cup chicken broth. Cover it well and put in the refrigerator.
- After about 12 hours, taste again to see if it is dry. There shouldn’t be liquid sitting in the bottom of the bowl. It isn’t soup, but it should have a pleasant moist taste.
Notes
* You may use a peeled tomato, finely chopped, keeping all the juice.
I get the moisture from chicken broth. Try adding another 1/4 cup and see if that is enough. After adding broth at time of preparation and 12 hours later, mine became pleasantly moist and I had no need to add more.
This would be great with cooked, diced chicken as an entree.
Recipe and photo from the kitchen of Kathryn Jolly Mills.
Find it online: https://simplygreatrecipes.com/lemon-capellini-salad/
