Creamy smoked salmon pasta

[pinkiefriend]

This is my favorite section on this site, I just love cooking tasty dishes! What I am after is a pasta recipe. I was recently in an Italian restaurant and had creamy, saucy, smoked salmon tossed pasta. I would love to know a recipe for this. I guess it would be quite easy but want the nicest recipe for it.
Any ideas?

[shaneystar2]

500gms Linguine or tagliatelle

225gms Smoked Salmon, cut into strips

25gms Butter

Juice of � lemon

275ml White wine

100ml Double cream

1 Tablespoon Olive oil

Cook pasta in salted water with the olive oil, al dente.

Drain. Add salmon, lemon juice, wine and cream.

Season. Heat gently.

Serve into warmed pasta bowls and decorate with smoked cherry tomatoes and watercress.

Serve shaved parmesan on the side.

[Donquixote]

1. 100ml double cream in a bowl, add: 2 egg yolks, grated zest and juice of half a lemon, salt and pepper. Whisk together. 2. Finely chop a shallot, and put in saucepan with 250ml dry white wine. Reduce on a medium heat until almost completely evaporated. Whisk in a few knobs of butter to thicken slightly. 3. Cook preferred pasta, drain, and add to wine/butter/shallots in saucepan. Toss to mix. 4. Pour over the cream mixture and stir to coat the pasta thoroughly. The heat of the pasta will cook the egg. 5. Add strips of smoked salmon and fresh parsley and dill. Serve immediately.

* NB. Don't return to the heat after adding cream mixture, as the eggs will easily scramble!

[nickmo]

And variations as a suggestion to try:

Use creme fraiche for a low fat version in place of the cream.

Use pasta shells to 'scoop up' more of the sauce

Add a little prepared mustard to the cream for a background flavour

Very quickly saute some thinly sliced shallots and some prawns and add to the sauce with the salmon.

Use black pasta (coloured with squid ink) which is really glossy when dressed and shows off the salmon beatutifully.

Try with a quality smoked trout for a really delicately flavoured alternative.

If using linguine or angels hair pasta, slice the smoked salmon into long strips, not chunks. Looks a a lot better and easier to eat.

Recommend not to use the off-cuts or supermarket smoked salmon pieces for this as you should get the best that you can, and the flavours of these cheaper products does not compare to a quality smoked salmon.

Show off and dress the plate with some smoked paprika sprinkled round the edge. Looks attractive and is a seasoning too, if wanted. Long fronds of dill over the dish is bice as well.

A peppery salad of fresh rocket leaves goes well as the disc can be quite rich.

[scatty mare]

Sounds gorgeous! I might even attempt to make it myself.

[Susan123]

An easy recipe to try is chopped shallot, garlic, in a little oil, saute til softened, then add in cream, salt and pepper,low heat, let it get thick, add a knob of butter (why not) and then at the end add in white wine. Keep it at a low heat. Have your smoked salmon already cut up, and put that in at the very last minute.Yum. Then put it over the cooked pasta.(am assuming you can work out the amounts yourself as sometimes it's a pain weighing out things all the time) In Italy, parmesan is never served with any pasta dishes containing fish.

[eash]

Pine Nuts! Don't forget them, roasted and sprinkled over the end result. Delish!