Smoked Salmon Pasta

Delicious linguini pasta recipe with smoked salmon tossed with capers in a tangy lemon cream sauce. This easy pasta dish is ready under 30 minutes and makes a delicious quick dinner.

4.88 from 8 votes

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American, Italian

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 25

Total Time: 30

Servings: servings

Calories: 578kcal

Author: MinShien

Ingredients

1 lbs linguini pasta
3-4 tbsp pasta water more if needed
4 tbsp salted butter
6-8 cloves garlic chopped
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 tsp salt or to taste
1 lbs smoked salmon
2 tbsp capers drained
1 tbsp parsley chopped, optional

Instructions

In a large pot, bring water to boil. Add linguini pasta, cook using package instructions. When pasta is done, reserve 1/4 cup of pasta water. Drain the rest of the water, and set pasta aside.
In a large saucepan or skillet (see Note 1), melt butter under medium heat. Add garlic, saute for 30 seconds until fragrant (do not brown garlic), then add heavy cream.
Bring heavy cream to a boil. Add lemon juice and 3-4 tbsp of reserved pasta water.
Bring to a boil again. At this point, sauce should be slightly thickened. Add salt, stir, and turn off heat.
Add pasta to cream sauce, and toss pasta in sauce.
Use a fork to break smoked salmon into smaller pieces. Add smoked salmon and capers to pasta. Toss to combine.
Optional: Garnish with parsley. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

Note 1: Make sure skillet or saucepan is large enough to accommodate all the sauce and the pasta. Pasta will be tossed in sauce in the skillet/saucepan at the end.

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