PASTA WITH ESCAPED SALMON – Recipe by Piero Benigni – Pasta with smoked salmon and thickened cream is quite popular in Italy since the Seventies. Once, years ago, I wanted to make it but discovered there was no salmon in the fridge, so I asked myself if it was really essential… After thinking for a while I said maybe not and created this crazy dish, same look but a different taste, extremely good anyway. Try it, you’ll wonder!
The recipe is simple: the raw pasta is cooked directly in the pan and is ready in a normal time of 15 minutes, sometimes less, other times up to 20 depending on the type of pasta. Let’s see how it is prepared.
Ingredients for 2 persons
- 170 gpasta (6 oz)
- 20 gbutter (3/4 oz)
- 3 spoonstomato sauce
- 20 gtaleggio (or gorgonzola, 3/4 oz)
- 20 gpecorino cheese (or parmesan, 3/4 oz)
- 1 pinchsalt
- chili pepper (red hot, to taste)
- black pepper (to taste)
Tools for pasta with escaped salmon
- Pan (large, 12″ diameter)
- Scale
- Grater
- Wooden fork
Preparation
Note: you can do this dish with ravioli, tortellini or other fresh pasta but these will need less water, so start with much less of it. You will add more when needed. The cooking time will be shorter, around 10 minutes.
Put pasta and a good pinch of salt into the pan.
Add just enough water to cover the pasta and start cooking over a medium to high flame. When water is simmering add 3 spoons of tomato sauce and some red hot chili pepper, to taste. Weight and get ready with butter and cheeses.
Stir or saut̩ frequently, adding more water in little quantities Рsay 2 spoons at a time Рwhen needed. Remember that is the little water in the pan to do the cooking.
When the pasta is al dente there should be no more water in the pan. Turn off the flame, add butter and cheeses and stir to melt them. The final dish must be creamy and just wet, so if needed add some final water, 1 or 2 spoons.
Stir and serve quickly on pre-heated dishes. Sprinkle with some more cheese and black pepper if you like.
This dish should be eaten as soon as ready, I suggest not to keep it in the fridge or freezing.
Link of pasta with escaped salmon and others
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