Monday, November 23, 2009

Delicious Smoked salmon pasta in bath of garlic, white wine, cream, and parmesan sauce! Need I say more?





Mmmhh... This pasta is soooo delicious! This is not your typical spaghetti and meatball because this recipe is so easy and simple to make!
Here here, let me start with all the procedures...
The mise en place is pretty typical... You'll just need big pot to cook the pasta and a big pan to fit the sauce and the pasta..

The ingredients:
  • 8oz. smoked salmon
  • 12oz. angel hair pasta
  • 1 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 3/4 cup dry white wine (Something that you also want to drink)
  • 1 cup of grated parmesan cheese
  • 4 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 2 shallots
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
  • 1/2 lemon
  • S+P+sugar to taste
Okay, here's how you make them:
1. Fill up big pot of water to cook the pasta. Add generous amount of salt in the water. When the water boils, add the angel hair and cook just to al dente. Pls read the direction on the box.
2. In a large sautee pan, add oil and butter and sautee garlic and shallot until fragrant and the shallot becomes translucent.
3. Add the wine and let it reduce to half in med heat.
4. Still with med heat, add the cream and reduce it to half again. Add a little bit of salt and pepper. I add a bit of sugar too to balance the acidity of the wine and lemon.
5. Add the smoked salmon and parmesan cheese (reserve a bit cheese left to sprinkle on top of the pasta later on.) Squeeze the lemon.
6. Add the al dente cooked pasta into the sautee pan and mix it all together until the sauce coats all over the pasta.
7. Now it's ready to serve. Just sprinkle chopped parsley and parmesan on top! Yummssss

This is a perfect easy meal on any weeknight, but it's also a great lazy meal for saturday dinner at home with a glass of white wine and a big slice of tiramisu! Who doesn't want those for a saturday night dinner?
Enjoy your week everybody and Happy Thanksgiving!
Hope you have a great great Thanksgiving and hope you eat enough turkey this week!

I cant wait to show you my first fondant cake for a surprise birthday party! Im gonna post it later this week.... Ciaooo


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