Super quick recipe tonight. I'm trying to stop eating pasta in the evening but I needed to make something really quickly and I ran into Sainsburys and picked up pretty much the first things that struck me and it's really easy to make.
Smoked Salmon Tagliatelle with Cream
250g fresh Tagliatelle pasta
2 Egg Yolks
100g Smoked Salmon (obviously the better quality the better for the dish)
80-100ml double cream
Freshly milled black pepper
Dill
Serves 2
1. Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil and cook the pasta as directed.
2. In the meantime, add the 2 egg yolks to the double cream and whisk. Add freshly milled black pepper. Cut the salmon into thin long strips which will be easier to eat with the tagliatelle.
3. When the pasta is cooked, take the pot off the hob and drain the pasta. Put it in back into the pot and immediately add the cream-egg mix and mix in well. The heat from the pasta will cook the egg gently coating all the pasta with a silky smooth cream sauce.
4. Add the salmon strips and fresh dill and again season to taste.
Plate and serve immediately.
Additional notes: If you have shallots and some dry white wine, finely chop the shallot and cook in 250ml of the dry white wine and reduce, adding a knob of butter to thicken. Add this to the pasta once it's cooked and then add the egg-cream mixture. Also, try this entire dish with squid ink pasta... colour contrasts show off the salmon.
Pasta with smoked salmon is one of the standard Italian Valentine’s Day recipes.
