Pasta With Smoked Salmon and Pistachio Nuts. Combine smoked salmon with pasta for a simple yet scrumptious lunch or supper. The flavoursome fish adds a smoky boost to creamy pasta dishes. Spelt pasta lends this dish a lovely nutty flavour and is higher in fibre than regular pasta.
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Ingredients of Pasta With Smoked Salmon and Pistachio Nuts
- It's 500 g of pasta.
- It's 150 g of smoked salmon.
- You need 25-30 g of Shelled, unsalted, chopped pistachio nuts.
- You need 2-3 spoonfuls of cream.
- It's 1 spoonful of passata sauce.
- It's of Olive oil.
- Prepare to taste of Salt.
This is a fantastic way to use smoked salmon, and many people who don't generally like fsh - such as my wife - love this recipe. Add your favourite green veg or salad on the side. This is an awesome pasta that is quick to make and very satisfying. I first copied a recipe from Bon Appetit and then combined it with several recipes from Over the years I have tweeked it to the recipe it is today.
Pasta With Smoked Salmon and Pistachio Nuts step by step
- Cook pasta according to instructions in salted water. (See below for type I used). Fry onion gently in olive oil. When softened, chop and add the salmon, passata and half of the nuts. Mix well and cook for 2 mins.
- Add the cream right at the end of cooking time, plus a ladle of pasta cooking water. This pasta comes from the south of Italy, the translation is 'cloud' because of the shape.
- Drain pasta, add to sauce. Mix and serve with extra pistachio nuts 😊.
I have used fresh salmon in place of smoked salmon when I have not been able to get. Just imagine: smoky pieces of salmon and chewy spinach are bound together with a creamy white sauce and topped with a spoon of salmon caviar. In Italy we make a pasta with smoked salmon always a hit love the smokiness of it then you elevated it with the spinach, and a wonderful cream. Cut the smoked salmon into wide strips and season with lemon juice, salt and pepper. Pasta with Smoked Salmon and Dill.