Italian cold spaghetti salad with shrimp
This easy cold spaghetti salad recipe comes from the Central Italian region of Marche. The main ingredients are pre-cooked peeled shrimps or prawns, rocket (arugula) and small tomatoes tossed with spaghetti in a simple olive oil and vinegar dressing. Perfect for a cold lunch, picnic, buffets and potlucks!
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time15 minutes mins
Course: Main Course, pasta salad
Cuisine: Central Italy, Italian, Le Marche, Marche, Mediterranean
Keyword: cold spaghetti, pasta salad, spaghetti salad
Servings: 4
Calories: 455kcal
- 400 g spaghetti (14oz) I used square cut spaghetti from La Molisana
- 300 g pre-cooked and peeled shrimps or prawns (10.5 oz) I used tiger prawns called mazzancole in Italian
- 100 g rocket (arugula) (3.5oz) washed
- 300 g cherry or datterini tomatoes (10.5oz) washed and cut in halves or quarters
- extra virgin olive oil. as required
- 1 teaspoon vinegar (white wine or apple cider)
- salt for pasta and to taste
- freshly ground black pepper. to taste
Finish and serve your spaghetti salad
Put the tomatoes, prawns, and rocket in a large bowl with some olive oil, a dash of vinegar, and salt and pepper to taste. Add the cooked spaghetti. Mix well. Add more olive oil if necessary and serve immediately. This spaghetti salad is best served at room temperature, not too fridge cold.
This recipe calls for spaghetti but other pasta types would work too.
This spaghetti salad can be made a little in advance and kept covered with cling film in the fridge until ready to serve. But the rocket (arugula) will start to get soggy quite quickly because of the olive oil and liquid from the tomatoes. If you want to prepare in advance add the rocket when ready to serve.
Ideas for other ingredients see text above.
Calories: 455kcal | Carbohydrates: 79g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 0.4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 121mg | Sodium: 110mg | Potassium: 677mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 960IU | Vitamin C: 21mg | Calcium: 117mg | Iron: 3mg