I absolutely love dill and love this shrimp pasta salad! I am finally writing down the ingredients for this salad and about how much of each of the ingredients I use. I have prepared it by taste the last few times after asking my sister Miriam to refresh my memory on the ingredients she uses for the salad. Now I can just look it up!
Ingredients
1 Pound Shrimp
1 Tsp. Old Bays Seasoning
Salt
1/2 Lemon
8 Ounce Medium Shell Pasta (prepared according to directions)3/4 Cup Mayonnaise
1/3 Cup Sour Cream
1/3 Cup Plain Yogurt
1/3 to 1/2 Cup Chopped Fresh Dill
1 to 1&1/2 Cups Chopped Sweet Onion
3 Celery Stalks Chopped
1 Red Bell Pepper Chopped
1 to 1&1/2 Cups Frozen Peas or Trader Joe's English Peas found in their produce section.
Season Salt and Pepper to Taste
Directions
I like to start by preparing the sauce to use with the pasta salad to give it time to meld while preparing the shrimp and pasta. Combine mayonnaise, sour cream, yogurt, fresh dill, onion, and celery and then refrigerate. Chop up red bell pepper and set aside.
Prepare a pound of raw shrimp by boiling water with 1 tsp. Old Bays, some salt, and half a lemon squeezed into water and throw in. Bring water to a boil and add shrimp simmering until shrimp turns pink and floats to the top, drain, and put into a ice water bath. Shell shrimp and cut into bite sized pieces. While shrimp is being prepared, start water boiling for pasta and prepare according to package directions. Rinse in cold water.
In large bowl combine sauce, shrimp, pasta, red pepper, and peas. Add season salt and course black pepper to taste.
