Spaghetti with creamy smoked salmon
€4.70 │ €1.18 per portion │ Serves 4 │ Under 30mins │ Italy
Light and delicious, this pasta with smoked salmon flakes in a creamy sauce is a great addition to a meal plan. It's fast to make and full of flavour!
What to serve it with?
Spaghetti with creamy smoked salmon goes great with classic Italian sides like a peppery rocket salad, caprese salad, garlic bread, roasted greens, or homemade bruschetta.
Not to mention a crisp white wine!
How to use in a meal plan
Good home economics is using ingredients smartly - and that saves money and cuts food waste. A meal plan is a great way to do this.
Spaghetti with creamy smoked salmon is perfect to use up any leftover salmon, either smoked salmon from a sandwich or maybe roasted salmon from a previous dinner. It's also a good mid-week meal for how fast it comes together, and you only need two pans to make it.
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Leftovers
Spoonfeed meal plans save you money by using the economy of scale. Making dinner also your leftover lunch avoids spending money and extra time cooking!
Spaghetti with creamy smoked salmon warms up great the next day in the microwave. You can take it as a full portion in a tupperware. Just be sure not to leave it in the microwave too long, as this dries out the sauce.
Utensils
- Large saucepan with lid
- Small saucepan
- Whisk
Ingredients
- 500g thin spaghetti/linguine/capellini
- 150g smoked salmon
- 250ml cream 7%
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tbsp flour
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- Parsley/chive
Pasta rule of thumb:
Fish/light cream sauce? Thin pasta.
Meat/tomato sauce? Thick pasta!
Method
- Prepare a large saucepan of water and bring to a boil.
- Meanwhile, dice garlic and cut smoked salmon into flakes.
- Once the water is boiling, salt well, then add your pasta and cook until al dente. Follow packet instructions.
- While the pasta is cooking, in a small saucepan add butter and garlic and sauté for 1 minute. Once the butter is melted and garlic fragrant, add flour and whisk well for 1 minute to ensure that the flour is cooked. The consistency of your roux at this point should be uniform and malleable, not too liquid nor solid.
- Slowly whisk in your cream as you continue to whisk. Add in nutmeg and black pepper. Whisk slowly for 2 minutes, then add your salmon flakes.
- Once the pasta is cooked, drain away the water - reserving 80-120ml of the water and add it to the sauce.
- Once your sauce is a good consistency - thick enough to coat the pasta, not too thick to form clumps - pour a good amount over the spaghetti in a bowl and serve with parsley/chive on top.
- Enjoy!