How to Prepare Tasty Smoked Salmon Pasta

Smoked Salmon Pasta.

You can have Smoked Salmon Pasta using 8 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Smoked Salmon Pasta

1. You need 250 grams of wholewheat pasta (fusilli or penne).
2. It's 6 of mushrooms.
3. Prepare 1 of garlic clove.
4. It's 1 of red onion.
5. You need 1/2 of broccoli floret.
6. It's 250 ml of creme fraiche.
7. Prepare 200 grams of grated mature cheddar cheese.
8. It's 200 grams of smoked salmon (thin slices).

Smoked Salmon Pasta instructions

1. Put the pasta into boiling water, this is going to need about 10 minutes- the pasta should be slightly undercooked.
2. Finely chop the onion and garlic.
3. Add the onion and garlic to a large frying pan with a good amount of olive oil, medium heat.
4. Meanwhile thinly slice the mushrooms then add them to the pan.
5. Cut the broccoli into small pieces and boil for about 5 minutes, then drain and add to the large pan with the onions, mushrooms, etc.
6. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
7. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the pasta to the large pan, keep the water it was in for now.
8. Add the creme fraiche and stir well.
9. Add a couple of ladlefuls of the starchy pasta water, this absorb pretty quickly and help the sauce stick to the pasta.
10. Add about half the grated cheese and mix well.
11. Simmer for about 5 minutes, add more pasta water if it gets too thick, add salt if it needs it.
12. Chop up the smoked salmon into 1 inch squares, then add it to the pan, simmer for another 3 to 4 minutes.
13. Serve with the remaining cheese to sprinkle on top, black pepper to taste.