Easy Recipes – Creamy Smoked Salmon Pasta
Smoked Salmon and Pasta
Serves 3 to 4
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
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Ingredients
300 grams dried fettucine.
400 grams smoked salmon (cold smoked cured, not cooked) thinly sliced into strips.
20 grams butter.
1 medium leek, outer layers removed, retain white part only, slice in halves lengthways then finely sliced.
1 medium brown onion, finely diced.
1 clove garlic, crushed.
300 ml cream.
salt and pepper to taste.
1 cup dry styled white wine.
1 tablespoon fresh chopped dill. Can use dried as well.
2 tablespoons finely shredded chives for serving.
Method
Bring a pot of salted water to a rapid boil, add pasta and cook to al dente (10-12 minutes or as per instructions).
Melt the butter in a pan over medium heat, do not burn.
Add onion, leek and garlic and cook while stirring until leeks collapsed and onions are soft (5 to 6 minutes).
Add wine and bring to boil to cook off alcohol (1 minute).
Add cream and bring to the boil, stirring until thickened.
Add dill and stir through.
As the pasta is near ready, add salmon and stir in to heat it through.
Test for taste, add salt and pepper as necessary.
Drain pasta, reserve 1/2 cup and use if needed to thin out cream sauce.
Serving
Serve cream sauce over the fettucine in pasta bowls. Sprinkle with finely shredded fresh chives.
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