Pasta Salad Chinese Style

It has not much to do with real Chinese cooking. The original recipe was from the early 70s. That time buying Chinese ingredients was nearly impossible in Germany. But one spice producer offered "China Spice". It is still available today.

I pulled the recipe into the time now. The basic ingredients are available everywhere and do not sound very Chinese. The sauce makes it into a Asian salad.

I haven´t made that salad in a long time. It was often a party favourite and it was even good to eat a day or two days later. It can be made in huge batches.

recipe for 4:
225 g cappellini or spaghetti
100 g farmer ham
4 medium tomatoes
3 hard boiled eggs
20 cm green of a leek

dressing:
200 g sour cream
150 ml water
2 tsp roasted sesame oil
3 tbsp light soy sauce
3 tbsp dark soy sauce
3 tbsp black chinese vinegar
1tsp agave syrup
2 tbsp ketchup
2 tsp China Spice 

Cook the pasta and the eggs and let them get cold.
Cut up the tomatoes and get rid of the wet middle bit
Cut the leek in fine rings and give it a good wash
Cut thre ham slices in bite size pieces.

Bring it all together and prepare the dressing. The salad should rest in the fridge for 3-4 hours minimum to develop the right flavour.