Pasta with salmon, cheese and lemon
It’s become our tradition to have pasta for lunch on Sundays. Let me share with you this recipe of a simple and delicious spaghetti with salmon, cheese and lemon. To serve 2 persons you’ll need:
- 300g of spaghetti
- 200g of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
- 180g of canned red salmon (skinless and boneless)
- 1 juicy lemon
- Extra virgin olive oil
Yes, that’s all! Here’s are the step-by-step instructions:
- Boil water and cook the spaghetti as usual
While you wait the the water to boil:
- Grate the parmesan cheese in a medium bowl
- Put a bit of lemon zest in the bowl (to add a freshness boost)
- Cut the lemon in half and squeeze its juice in the bowl
- Add the olive oil to the bowl until the mixture is wet and creamy (see photo)
- Put the canned salmon in a plate and mash it into small chunks (see photo)
Once spaghetti is cooked, drain it and put it back in the pan. Thoroughly mix the creamy cheese-lemon-oil mix, the mashed salmon, and the spaghetti in the pan. Pronto! The lemon adds a fresh touch to the tasty combination of cheese and salmon. Ideally, you should use fresh salmon baked in the oven but it’s just simpler to use the canned one.
Let me know if you try this recipe and what you think. Bon appétit!
Sounds tasty, I’ll probably try it :)
You should just use the correct name for the kind of pasta you are using, like “penne”, “maccheroni”, “fusilli” and so on; those in the picture are “spaghetti”.
The name “pasta” is too generic, it is like if you used just “cheese” instead of “parmigiano”.
And believe it or not, the kind of pasta makes a huge difference here in Italy :)
Next time I’d try your recipe with “farfalle“, that’s the usual kind of pasta we use with salmon.
Buon appetito!
@Ulisse, I’ve just updated the recipe with your suggested fixes. Thanks!
While we are nitpicking – the snobby name for the outer part of the skin on lemons (or oranges) used in cooking, is zest.
Also you may consider using organic lemons – the zest of commercially grown non-organic lemons contains some??? leftovers of non-natural things…
Anyway, nice post :)
@Bh, Never used the term ‘zest’ in my life :-P Thanks for the tip. I updated the recipe to use the newly learnt term.
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I tried this , it was simply excellent. I’m not really exactly what you’d refer to as a skilled cook, so cannot fancy complicated recipes which will get me stressed out when I’m cooking. This really is very easy and yummy, perfect with a bottle of Bordeaux. Thanks a lot.
@Anja, good to know that you enjoyed it!