Smoked Trout and Pasta Salad

Tempt your family with this delicious heart-healthy smoked trout and pasta salad. It makes an ideal midweek meal served with crusty whole-wheat bread. If you wait until the last minute to add the arugula, it won’t spoil if anyone’s late home.

Ingredients

1 red pepper, seeded and quartered
1 yellow pepper, seeded and quartered
280 g penne rigati (ridged penne) or other pasta shapes
280 g smoked trout fillets
1 orange
1 large avocado
2 green onions, sliced
2 tablespoons capers, well drained
1 1⁄2 cups arugula

Dressing
5 tablespoons plain low-fat yogurt
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
1⁄2 teaspoon caster (superfine) sugar
pepper to taste

Directions
  1. Preheat the broiler. Place the peppers on the broiler rack, skin-side up, and broil until the skins are blistered and blackened. Remove from the broiler and place in a plastic bag. Seal and set aside to cool.
  2. Meanwhile, bring a large pan of water to a boil and add the pasta. Cook for 10–12 minutes, or according to the package instructions, until al dente. Drain, rinse with cold water and drain well again. Transfer the pasta into a large salad bowl.
  3. Flake the smoked trout fillets into bite-sized pieces, discarding the skin and any bones. Cut all the skin and pith from the orange and cut out the segments from between the membranes. Halve the segments. Halve, pit and peel the avocado, and cut into small chunks. Mix together the dressing ingredients and season with pepper.
  4. Peel the peppers and cut into strips. Add the peppers to the pasta together with the trout, orange, avocado, green onions and capers. Add the dressing and toss gently but thoroughly. Just before serving, toss in the arugula.
preparation time 20 mins
cooking time 15 mins
serves 4
Nutritional information

PER SERVING

474 calories
28 g protein
18 g total fat
4 g saturated fat
51 mg cholesterol
49 g total carbohydrate
9 g sugars
6 g fibre
134 mg sodium

Smoked trout is usually prepared from rainbow trout and, like its fresh counterpart, is an excellent source of many vitamins, minerals and healthy omega-3 fatty acids.

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