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Deliciously Freefrom pasta salad
With watercress and bacon, make this deliciously Freefrom pasta salad for tea – and save some for lunch!
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Ready in 15 minutes
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Cooking time 10 minutes
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Prep time 5 minutes
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Serves 4
Ingredients
- 2 cloves garlic, unpeeled
- 250g Freefrom fusilli pasta
- 200g smoked streaky bacon
- 1 lemon, juice and zest
- 160g baby leaf watercress, spinach and rocket salad
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp French Dijon mustard
- 28g basil, washed and torn
Method
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1
Bring a large pan of water to the boil. Add the garlic cloves and pasta and cook for 9-10 minutes. Drain and rinse in cold water to cool. Remove the garlic and set aside.
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2
Meanwhile, heat a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and fry for 4-5 minutes, turning once, until crisp. Drain on kitchen paper then roughly chop.
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3
Put the pasta in a serving bowl with the bacon, lemon zest and salad and toss together. Squeeze the garlic cloves out of their skins into a small bowl and crush with a fork. Add the lemon juice, olive oil and Dijon mustard and whisk vigorously. Drizzle over the salad and serve with the torn basil scattered on top.
