Friday, October 19, 2007

Smoked Salmon Pasta

K brought home some Tasmanian smoked salmon from Sydney. This is a very simple pasta dish to do but very tasty and rich.

Smoked Salmon pasta
Serves 4

500g pasta (fettuccine, tagliatelle or linguine)
3 clove garlic, sliced thinly
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 cup cream, (a small can of Nestle reduce cream is fine)
1/2 to 1 cup pasta water* + 1/2 stock cube,
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
200g smoked salmon, cut or torn into strips
Chopped parsley, for garnish

Cook pasta in salted water according to package instruction ; drain.
In a saucepan, cook garlic in butter over medium heat until fragant but not brown.
Stir in mustard; add cream.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, add stock and cheese, until smooth and heated through. Turn off heat.
Add pasta; toss to coat pasta and add smoked salmon.
Garnish with parsley and some shaved Parmesan.

*the water left after cooking the pasta

Jo

5 comments:

DonDon said...

wow wow....can u make this for me when i go back to kk?

a feast, everyday said...

Sure, anything for u.

Anonymous said...

Woo, love the pasta, not the salmon, but the pasta looks really luverly...

Heather said...

mummy, i'm homeeeeeeee!! :)

wow. looks so good! i want, i want, i want!

a feast, everyday said...

Frank- u don't like salmon?!!

df- should have named u Iwan!:p