Smoked Salmon Pasta Recipe

Smoked Salmon Pasta Recipe is a very cool, tasty, delicious and mouth watering Sea food and Pasta Recipe and is still a Easy Recipe. Salmon is a great sea food to have, and when smoked gives a excitingly delicious flavor. This Smoked Salmon Pasta Recipe is quick recipe and not such a heavy dinner food too.

Here is an easy Smoked Salmon and Pasta Recipe:

Ingredients:

8 ounces Pasta (Spaghetti preferred)
4 ounces Smoked Salmon, cut into bite sized pieces
1/3 cup chopped Onions (or Shallots)
1/4 cup Pine Nuts
2 cloves Garlic, minced
1/4 cup Cream
1/3 cup dry White Wine
2 tbsp chopped fresh Parsley
1 tbsp Lemon juice
2 Tbsp Lemon zest
Fresh ground Black pepper
2 tbsp Olive oil
Salt to taste

Procedure:

Boil at least 4 quarts of water in a large pot.
Brown the pine nuts by heating it in a large skillet.Heat on medium heat, occasionally stir until it is lightly browned. Keep these pine nuts aside.
Add salt to the boiling water, about a tablespoon or to your taste. Then add the Pasta in the pot.
Let the pasta cook with the pot uncovered on high heat for 8-10 minutes. (Or as mentioned in the pack. )
Prepare the sauce while cooking the Pasta.

Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
Cook onions and garlic in it for 2 minutes, then add lemon juice, white wine and 1 tbsp of lemon zest.
Let the sauce boil down by half by increasing the heat.
Add the cream and let boil a minute more.
If the pasta is not cooked yet, let the sauce off the heat.

Pasta is probably already done by now, reserve one cup of the liquid from pot.
Drain the pasta and add it to the skillet with the sauce in a medium heat.
Add the reserved liquid to the pasta if it gets a little dry.
Finally add the smoked salmon, parsley, browned pine nuts, and the remaining lemon zest.
Season with freshly ground black pepper.