Chilled Pasta with Crunchy Potato and Tomatoes

Ingredients of Chilled Pasta with Crunchy Potato and Tomatoes

1. You need of Crunchy potatoes.
2. It's 1 large of Potato.
3. You need 1 of Soup stock cube.
4. You need 400 ml of Water.
5. You need of Tomato sauce.
6. It's 2 of Tomatoes.
7. You need 1/2 of Onion.
8. Prepare 1 clove of Garlic.
9. Prepare 50 ml of Olive oil.
10. You need 50 ml of White wine.
11. It's 1 of Soup stock cube.
12. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Black pepper (coarsely ground).
13. You need 1 pinch of Salt.
14. It's of The tuna-mayonnaise-curry mix.
15. Prepare 1 can of Canned tuna.
16. It's 2 tbsp of Curry powder.
17. It's 1 tbsp of Heavy cream.
18. Prepare 80 grams of Mayonnaise.
19. Prepare 1/2 of Onion.
20. You need 80 ml of Olive oil.
21. Prepare 1 clove of Garlic.
22. It's 1 pinch of Salt and pepper.
23. You need of Pasta.
24. It's 200 of to 240 grams Pasta (thin long type).
25. It's 1500 ml of Water.
26. Prepare 20 grams of Salt.
27. Prepare of Toppings.
28. It's 1 of Tomato.
29. It's 1 of Cucumber.
30. Prepare 4 of to 6 small leaves Basil leaves (garnish).

Chilled Pasta with Crunchy Potato and Tomatoes instructions

1. Make the crunchy potato: Bring 400 ml of water to a boil and dissolve the soup stock cube in it. Julienne the potato and add it to the hot water and boil for 1 minute. Turn the heat off and leave the pan for about 5 minutes..
2. Drain the potatoes into a colander, reserving the cooking liquid. Leave to cool down, then chill in the refrigerator. (Note: Don't rinse the potato.) The cooking liquid will be used in the tomato sauce..
3. Make the tomato sauce: Sauté the finely chopped onion and garlic in a generous amount of olive oil until translucent..
4. Cut the tomato into small dice and add to the pan, and sauté quickly. Add the white wine, and simmer briefly..
5. Add the cooking liquid from the potato to the pan. Add another soup stock cube, and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes..
6. Season with black pepper and salt to finish. Transfer the tomato sauce to another container, and chill it in the refrigerator..
7. Make the tuna-mayo-curry mix: Sauté the finely chopped onion and garlic in a generous amount of olive oil until translucent..
8. Add the curry powder and sauté quickly to make the curry roux. Transfer to another container and chill in the refrigerator..
9. Add the drained canned tuna and a generous amount of olive oil to the cooled curry roux, and mix to combine..
10. Add the fresh cream and mayonnaise, and mix some more. Season with salt and pepper to finish. Chill in the refrigerator..
11. Cook the pasta (refer to the instructions on the packet). Drain and cool down the pasta in cold water. Sprinkle with olive oil and mix..
12. The toppings: Julienne the cucumber and put into a bowl of ice cold water to crisp it up. Drain. Dice the tomatoes. The basil leaves are used as decoration, so cut or leave whole as you prefer..
13. Serve: Put the pasta on the plates. Place the tuna-mayo-curry on top, and add the diced tomatoes..
14. Arrange the crispy potato and cucumber around this. Ladle on the chilled tomato sauce and serve..
15. Other topping ideas: corn kernels, salami, cured ham, marinated salmon, boiled and cooled vegetables, etc..
16. Instead of plain curry powder, I recommend using curry roux in granulated form..

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