Shrimp Pasta Salad Recipe

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound bow-tie (farfalle) or orecchiette pasta, or other short pasta
• Salt
• 2 pounds small frozen, already cooked and peeled shrimp (if available, pink shrimp aka Maine shrimp)
• 1 diced red bell pepper
• 1 diced red onion
• 1 minced clove garlic
• 1 cup chopped basil leaves (loosely packed)
• 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon red chile flakes
• Black pepper to taste