Simple pasta salad

Ingredients for 2 servings:

• 250 g cooked pasta, e.g. spaghetti
• 4 beefsteak tomatoes
• 4 gherkins
• 2 tbsp oil
• 2 tbsp cucumber juice
• e.g. salt and pepper
• n. B. Maggi

Instructions

Working time approx. 10 minutes; Rest time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 40 minutes

with beef tomatoes and gherkins, quickly made from leftovers

Peel and deseed the tomatoes, and finely dice them. Finely dice the cucumbers. Mix together a marinade from the oil and cucumber juice (I always strain this before use). Mix the pasta with the diced tomatoes and cucumber, season with pepper and salt, and—this is a matter of taste—a few dashes of Maggi. Pour the marinade over the salad and mix everything well. Cover and let the salad marinate in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. Stir well and season to taste again before serving. I make this salad whenever I have leftover cooked pasta and serve it with a cold, boiled egg, a meatball, or even a couple of hot Vienna sausages. This salad is particularly refreshing in the summer.