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Smoked Salmon Pasta
smoked salmon pasta
- 400 g spaghetti
- 2 cloves garlic (crushed or finely chopped)
- 120 g smoked salmon trimmings (snipped into tiny pieces with your kitchen scissors)
- 40 g self-raising flour
- 70 ml single cream
- 50 ml oil
- 250 ml water
- 160 g onion (very finely chopped)
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
Cook spaghetti as per packet instructions, drain and cover. In a large frying pan or wok (which will take all your cooked pasta plus a sauce) warm the oil, saute the onion, until it is just softened, not browned, and add the flour, stirring to make a thick paste.
Whilst constantly stirring, gradually add cream, and water until you have a thick creamy sauce. Add garlic and seasoning and finally the salmon.
Cook gently for one minute, to flavour the sauce but not overcook the fish.
Tip all of the cooked pasta into your frying pan stirring with a wooden spoon to coat each piece of spaghetti with sauce.
Finally tip the dressed pasta into a large serving bowl and garnish with salt (not too much is needed as the salmon is salted) and ground black pepper.
Serve with homemade bread to mop up the sauce.
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