Salmon, Smoked Salmon, Asparagus and Avocado Pasta
Cooking time: 30 minutes for menu Cooking schedule: see below for instructions
This is an easy dinner to end the week - the pasta can be warm or room temperature. We like things easy for summer cooking....
Salmon, Smoked Salmon, Avocado and Asparagus Pasta
Total time: 30 minutes
I used cold-smoked, moist, Irish smoked salmon, but use any type you like. It will cook, ever so slightly, while it warms with the pasta.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 cups (4.2oz, 125gr) pasta
- 5oz (150gr) smoked salmon
- 5oz (150gr) fresh salmon
- 12oz (360gr) asparagus
- 3oz (90gr) cherry tomatoes, about 2/3 cup
- 1 avocado
- 1/2 medium leek
- 2 tbs snipped chives substitute 1 tbs dried
- 2 tsp snipped tarragon substitute 1 tsp dried
- 2 tbs fresh lemon juice, divided, juice from 1/2 lemon, save the other half
- 2 tsp cooking olive oil
- 1 tbs salad olive oil
Instructions:
- Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain.
- Poach salmon:
- Put fresh salmon into a small skillet. Add enough water to come half way up the sides of the fish.
- Add 1 tbs lemon juice. Cover and simmer, 8 - 10 minutes, just until it turns opaque and flakes easily.
- Remove, drain and break into large chunks.
- Blanch asparagus:
- Snap off ends of asparagus. If white use vegetable peeler and peel bottom half of stalk.
- Cut asparagus in 1 1/2 inch (4 cm) lengths.
- Fill large saucepan half full of water and bring to a boil over high heat. When boiling, drop in asparagus and parboil for 2 minutes if green, 3 if white.
- Drain and immediately rinse with cold water.
- The rest:
- Slice leek.
- Cut tomatoes in half.
- Cut avocado into cubes.
- Slice smoked salmon.
- Snip herbs.
- Sauté leek in cooking olive oil for 3 minutes.
- Add blanched asparagus, sauté 3 minutes longer.
- Add smoked salmon, tomatoes, herbs, remaining lemon juice, salad olive oil, and warm slightly, stirring gently.
- Add drained pasta, avocado, poached salmon, stir gently. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Cooking Schedule: 30 minutes
Assemble all food, utensils and serving dishes
Utensils: measuring cups, spoons, knives,
scissors, pot and colander for pasta, medium
saucepan, large skillet
Put water on high heat for pasta
Put water on high heat for asparagus
Poach salmon
Trim, slice leek
Trim asparagus
Blanch asparagus
Snip herbs
Drain, refresh asparagus |
Drain, refresh asparagus
Cut cherry tomatoes
Start to cook pasta
Sauté leeks in 2 tsp oil in skillet
Sliced smoked salmon
Remove fresh salmon, break into chunks
Cut avocado
Add asparagus to leeks, sauté
Drain pasta
Add smoked salmon, etc. to skillet, heat
Add pasta, avocado, poached salmon, warm
Put pasta in serving bowl
Serve |