This pasta salad is fresh and light and is a lovely companion to grilled chicken, fish or shrimp, and is ideal for picnic packing. Photo by Michael Olson.
ingredients
directions
Bring a pot of water up to a boil and salt. Blanch the asparagus until just tender (about 3 minutes) and then drain and rinse with cold water to halt the cooking. Return the pot, filled with fresh water, to a boil, salt and then cook the pasta until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain and rinse to cool. Immediately after rinsing, toss the pasta with the olive oil, to prevent it from clumping.
Toss the pasta with the cooked asparagus, radishes, celery, red onion, chives, mint and lemon zest and season to taste. Chill until ready to serve, then toss the pasta with crumbled goat cheese and lemon juice immediately before serving.