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Pasta with salmon in cream sauce

Pasta with salmon in cream sauce

Unbelievably tasty, wholesome, and great for an everyday dinner! Pasta with salmon in cream sauce is a fairly simple recipe. It comes together quickly and easily, yet the result is a very fragrant, delicious dinner that can rival pasta from a restaurant.

Anna

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Pasta

300

Salmon

300

Garlic

Heavy cream

200

Parmesan

Dried spices

Salt

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 26 % 14 g

Fats 25 % 13 g

Carbohydrates 49 % 26 g

270 kcal

GI: 4 / 96 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 25 min

Step 1:

How do you make pasta with salmon in cream sauce? Gather the ingredients. Fresh fish is great; if it's frozen, thaw it first. A ready-made fillet works, as does a whole fish or part of one — you'll just need to fillet it yourself. Use a hard cheese; I used Parmesan. The cream is 20%. Choose good-quality durum-wheat pasta.
Step 2:

Heat a skillet over medium heat, pour in some vegetable oil, and lightly fry the peeled garlic clove in it. The garlic itself won't go in the dish — it's just to flavor the oil. Remove the fried garlic from the pan.
Step 3:

Rinse the salmon fillet under running water, pat it dry with a paper towel, and cut it into squares. Add the cut fish to the flavored oil and fry over medium heat, stirring on all sides, for about 5 minutes.
Step 4:

Season the seared fish with salt, pepper, and dried spices. I use herbes de Provence; you can use any favorite. Stir so the fish is evenly coated with the seasonings.
Step 5:

Pour the heavy cream over the fish (it should cover the pieces about halfway), stir, and simmer over low heat for 7–10 minutes. At this stage, if you like, you can stir grated hard cheese right into the sauce and serve immediately. Or you can sprinkle the cheese over the finished dish once the pasta is added.
Step 6:

Add the pasta to boiling salted water and cook until done, following the package directions. I recommend cooking the pasta and frying the fish at the same time so they're ready together. I chose farfalle (bow ties) for this recipe; they cook in about ten minutes. Drain the cooked pasta in a colander.
Step 7:

Serve the salmon pasta hot. Put the hot cooked pasta on each plate, top with the salmon pieces, and pour the fragrant sauce over everything. Sprinkle the hot dish with grated cheese. A glass of white wine pairs beautifully with this. Enjoy!

How do you fillet a whole fish? Remove the tail, head, and fins. Cut along the backbone down to the spine. Turn it on its side. With a sharp knife, slice the meat off the backbone. Flip the fish and cut the fillet from the other side. Clean the inside, removing the black membrane, since it's bitter and would spoil the flavor. Rinse and be sure to dry it well.
Note that the quality and flavor of the finished dish depend a lot on thawing the ingredients properly. For how to avoid mistakes and choose the best way, see the article on thawing.
For how to cook pasta properly, how to cook it al dente, how to choose a quality product so you're not disappointed, and much more, see the article "Pasta — the fine points of choosing and cooking it."