Penne with Smoked Salmon

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91% would make this recipe again

Penne with leeks and smoked salmon sauce.

An example of an excellent Canadian-Italian marriage!

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Preparation : 10 min Cooking : 15 min
420 calories/serving

Ingredients

160 g penne rigate 2 cups
2 slices smoked salmon, chopped 28 g
1 leeks, thinly sliced crosswise 300 g
1 tbsp butter, unsalted 14 g
2 tbsp whipping cream 35% 30 mL
1 pinch salt [optional] 0.2 g
ground pepper to taste [optional]

Before you start

Keep the serving dishes in the oven at the lowest setting so they are warm when you serve.

Put a colander in the sink to drain the cooked pasta so that it will be ready when needed.

Method

  1. To save time, the sauce preparation and the pasta cooking can be done at the same time. Start cooking the pasta.
  2. Meanwhile, prepare the leeks and cut them into thin slices.
  3. Melt the butter in a skillet over low heat. Sauté the leeks about 5 min until translucent, taking care not to burn them.
  4. Chop the salmon into small pieces and add them to the skillet. Warm up just a few minutes then set aside keeping them warm.
  5. Put the drained penne into the skillet. Add the cream, salt and pepper to taste, then mix well. Serve in the warmed dishes.

Observations

Parmesan is not added since the flavour of fish sauces in general does not benefit from the addition of cheese.

Nutrition Facts Table

per 1 serving (300 g)

Amount

% Daily Value

Calories

420

Fat

11 g

18 %

Saturated 6.1 g
+ Trans 0.2 g

32 %

Cholesterol

30 mg

Sodium

330 mg

14 %

Carbohydrate

66 g

22 %

Fibre

5 g

20 %

Sugars

4 g

Net Carbs

61 g

Protein

13 g

Vitamin A

31 %

Vitamin C

13 %

Calcium

6 %

Iron

18 %
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1 serving of this recipe is equivalent to :
Food Group Exchanges
Starches 3 ½
Vegetables 1 ½
Meat and Alternatives ½
Fats 2
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157 Reviews (148 with rating only) 91% would make this recipe again
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Pasta | Main courses/Entrées | High Iron | High Vitamin D | Italian

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Pierre
january 30, 2023

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Anonyme
october 20, 2021 | I would make this recipe again

I will definitely have to retry this. I feel the leeks never really softened even though I put it on low heat...they went right to being browned. Perhaps I went too fine with them. Another thing that was disappointing is the quantity of 'sauce'. I don't think 1tbsp makes a sauce at all. All it did was slightly coat the pasta, it did not really allow all the ingredients to meld together. I ended up with a bunch of leeks and salmon on the bottom of my bowl. Next time, I'll definitely put more salmon, a little less leek, add some shrimp, garlic & other spices and make more of a bechamel sauce to put it all in. I do have to say that the leeks, pasta and salmon taste great together...:)

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Anonyme
october 20, 2021 | I would make this recipe again

Simple to cook, tastes great and looks great.

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