Smoked Salmon Pasta
Delicious linguini pasta recipe with smoked salmon tossed with capers in a tangy lemon cream sauce. This easy pasta dish is ready under 30 minutes and makes a delicious quick dinner.
Ingredients
- 1 lbslinguini pasta
- 3 tbsppasta water (more if needed)
- 4 tbspsalted butter
- 6 clovesgarlic (chopped)
- 1 cupheavy cream
- ¼ cuplemon juice
- 2 tspsalt (or to taste)
- 1 lbssmoked salmon
- 2 tbspcapers (drained)
- 1 tbspparsley (chopped, optional)
Directions
- 1
In a large pot, bring water to boil. Add linguini pasta, cook using package instructions. When pasta is done, reserve 1/4 cup of pasta water. Drain the rest of the water, and set pasta aside.
- 2
In a large saucepan or skillet (see Note 1), melt butter under medium heat. Add garlic, saute for 30 seconds until fragrant (do not brown garlic), then add heavy cream.
- 3
Bring heavy cream to a boil. Add lemon juice and 3-4 tbsp of reserved pasta water.
- 4
Bring to a boil again. At this point, sauce should be slightly thickened. Add salt, stir, and turn off heat.
- 5
Add pasta to cream sauce, and toss pasta in sauce.
- 6
Use a fork to break smoked salmon into smaller pieces. Add smoked salmon and capers to pasta. Toss to combine.
- 7
Optional: Garnish with parsley. Serve and enjoy!