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Pasta salad

The party salad with peas, gherkin, egg and mayonnaise — or Mediterranean with tomato and feta.

Time
30 min
Effort:
easy
Season
summer
  • vegetarian
  • classic
  • budget
  • kid-friendly
  • batch-cook
  • everyday
Pasta salad on a plate

Ingredients for 6 portions

  • 500 gpasta · elbow macaroni
  • 200 gpeas (frozen)
  • 4gherkins
  • 4eggs
  • 200 gLyoner (bologna)
  • 200 gmayonnaise
  • 150 gnatural yoghurt
  • 1 tspmedium mustard
  • ½ bunchchives
  • to tastesalt
  • to tastepepper

The ingredients land on the shopping list as soon as the dish is in the week.

Possible allergens

Derived from the ingredients as they are typically composed.

  • Cereals containing gluten
  • Eggs
  • Milk (incl. lactose)
  • Mustard

Please check allergens and intolerances yourself — on the packaging, at the bakery, at the butcher's. Recipes change, and a list like this cannot take responsibility for that.

Nutrition per portion

Estimates computed from the ingredient list — with 6 portions per recipe.

Energy737 kcal
Protein23.3 g
Fat42.6 g
Carbohydrates61.6 g
of which sugar6.3 g
Fibre5.1 g
Salt2.6 g

Not counted because listed without a quantity: salt, pepper.

Computed with raw ingredients as bought. Cooking losses, peel, trimmings and what stays on the plate are not accounted for. Own dishes and ingredients “to taste” have no values.

Source: Max Rubner-Institut (2025), Bundeslebensmittelschlüssel (BLS) version 4.0, CC BY 4.0. The mapping of ingredients to BLS foods and the piece weights are the operator's own.

Estimates, not lab values — not a basis for medically prescribed meal plans.

Method

  1. 1

    Cook the pasta al dente, refresh, drain well; hard-boil the eggs.

  2. 2

    Blanch the peas briefly, dice the gherkins, sausage and eggs.

  3. 3

    Stir the mayonnaise, yoghurt, mustard, gherkin brine, salt and pepper together, mix everything.

  4. 4

    Leave for an hour, season again before serving, chives on top.