Quick and Easy Smoked Salmon Pasta

By: Deborah

This smoked salmon pasta comes together in just 20 minutes – perfect for a quick yet luxurious weeknight dinner. Rich, flavourful, and deceptively easy!

PREP: 10

COOK: 10

TOTAL: 20

Course: Main

Cuisine: Italian

Servings: 2 people

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Equipment

Ingredients

150 g (2.5 cups) short pasta (fusilli, penne, farfalle, rigatoni)
cooking salt
100 g (3.5 oz) asparagus tips ends removed and cut into thirds
75 g (2.6 oz) green beans trimmed and halved
75 g (2.6 oz) mangetout or sugar snap peas halved diagonally
1.5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1.5 tbsp lemon juice
freshly ground black pepper plus extra to garnish
2 tbsp toasted pine nuts (see Tips)
200 g (0.4 lb) smoked salmon cut into 1.5cm strips (see Tips)
10 g (0.4 oz) parmesan grated, to garnish

Instructions

Cook the pasta in boiling salted water according to pack instructions. Add the vegetables for the last 3 minutes of pasta cooking time.
Drain the pasta and vegetables in a colander and return them to the pan. Add the oil and lemon juice and season with freshly ground black pepper. Stir to mix well.
Share the pasta and vegetables between 2 bowls, scatter the pine nuts over both bowls, top with slices of salmon and garnish with the grated parmesan and more black pepper.

Notes

Toasted pine nuts - heat a frying pan over a medium heat and toast the pine nuts in a single layer for 1 to 2 minutes, tossing frequently to get light colour on both sides.
Smoked salmon – you might find different flavours of marinated smoked salmon in the supermarket or fishmongers – I sometimes buy lemon and pepper. Use smoked salmon trimmings for a budget-friendly option.
This quick and easy smoked salmon pasta recipe is easily adapted if you’re cooking for less or more people.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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