Salmon and Rocket Pasta

I first had this dish at a truck stop in Italy. I was blown away by the quality of food on the side of the road, cooked to order by a group of middle aged women. It was so impressive that I wrote it down in my travel diary:

Fettucine all Salmone e Rucola.

Fettucine. Salmon Chunks. Rocket. Heat salmon, and mix it into fettucine and rocket. Enjoy. 2002

Obviously there were other things in this, so I recreated it last night for dinner. This is an easy dish to scale up. The only thing to make sure you do when scaling up, is to make sure there is plenty of boiling water for the pasta. Pasta needs room to roll in the boiling water. It means that the pasta isn’t going to cause too much of a temperature drop, and can return to the boil quickly. That in turn means that the pasta won’t stick together and become mushy.

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Salmon and Rocket Pasta

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Author: Lucas

Prep time: 5 MinCook time: 10 MinTotal time: 15 Min

This really is one of the most simple dishes you can make

Ingredients

• 70g Dried Pasta (long works well for this dish, like spaghetti, fettucine, parpadelle, etc)
• 1 Tbs Olive Oil
• 1 Clove Garlic, crushed or sliced
• 1 Salmon Fillet, skinless, cut into pieces.
• Handful Rocket
• 1 Tbs Capers
• Squeeze Lemon
• Pangratata (see recipe here)
• Parsley, chopped

Instructions

1. Boil a large saucepan of water for the pasta.
2. Add the pasta and cook until al dente, or by the cooking time on the packet. I like to check 1-2 minutes before the cooking time is up to see if it is done.
3. When you put the pasta in the water, put a frypan on medium heat on the stove.
4. 5 minutes before the pasta is done, add the olive oil to the pan
5. 4 minutes before the pasta is done, add the garlic and capers. The capers will spit a little.
6. 3 minutes before the pasta is done, add the salmon pieces and toss in the garlic/capers/oil mixture. Let this cook, turning occasionally
7. When the pasta is done, drain and add to the frypan and toss to combine
8. Serve topped with pangratata and parsley

Notes

Variation

• smoked salmon pieces can be bought for about half the price of sliced smoked salmon. You don't need as much as fresh pieces either, as the flavour is stronger. Add onion to it if there's a quarter hanging around the fridge!

Make it cheaper

• Use canned salmon in brine. Only needs to be heated, as it is cooked already.
• Instead of a salmon fillet, you can sometimes buy salmon offcuts or pieces that are much cheaper

Nutrition Facts

Calories

642

Fat

26 g

Sat. Fat

4 g

Carbs

56 g

Fiber

3 g

Net carbs

53 g

Sugar

3 g

Protein

44 g

Sodium

326 mg

Cholesterol

94 mg