Spicy English Seven-Layer Salad

4.50 (31)
⏱ 85 mins 🍽 ['8', '8 servings'] 🌶 british 🏷 Main course

This colourful salad draws on British lunchtime traditions, combining pasta shells, crisp julienned carrots, and fresh vegetables in distinct layers. It is bound together with a uniquely spiced dressing made from mayonnaise, brown sugar, and curry powder, then finished with Cheddar cheese. Requiring at least 1 hour to chill, it develops a refreshing and flavourful character ideal for serving a crowd.

Spicy English Seven-Layer Salad

Ingredients

  • 2 cups small seashell pasta
  • 4 carrots, peeled and julienned
  • 0.5 head leaf lettuce - rinsed, dried, and chopped
  • 1 medium cucumber, peeled, seeded, and diced
  • 0.75 cup frozen green peas
  • 0.5 cup frozen whole-kernel corn
  • 2 cups mayonnaise
  • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon curry powder
  • 0.5 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese

Method

  1. Boil a pot of lightly salted water. Cook the pasta until tender, about 7 minutes. Drain it and rinse with cold water to cool.
  2. Create a base layer of carrots in a large straight-sided glass bowl. Cover with a layer of chopped lettuce. Mix the cucumber, peas and corn together, then spread this over the lettuce. Once cooled, add the drained pasta as the next layer.
  3. Combine the mayonnaise, brown sugar, curry powder, and garlic salt in a separate bowl. Spread this mixture carefully over the pasta layer. Finish by sprinkling the shredded Cheddar cheese on top. Cover the bowl and refrigerate the salad for at least 1 hour before serving.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories595 kcal
Fat49 g
Sugars7 g
Protein9 g
Sodium538 mg

Recipe details

CategoryMain course
Cuisinebritish
AuthorMiss Sriri