Baked Salmon Pasta is a tasty alternative to classic baked pasta with meat sauce.
This is such a family favourite, so tasty and quick to make. I’m sure you’ll love it.
In this recipe the bechamel sauce together with the aroma of the smoked salmon make this pasta truly special. I’ve used rigatoni (I think this shape of pasta is great for holding even more sauce), but you can chose short pasta you prefer.
Now let’s see how to make this tasty Baked Salmon Pasta recipe! So let’s get started.
Other easy and tasty pasta recipes: Pumpkin and speck pasta, Pasta with cooked ham, tomato sauce and cooking cream, Calamarata pasta with calamari sauce, Home made Tagliatelle Pasta
Ingredients for Baked Salmon Pasta
- 11 ouncespasta (4 1/3 cups – 320 g rigatoni, penne or short pasta)
- 7 ouncessmoked salmon (200 g or 10 oz (300 g) fresh salmon)
- 3 tablespoonschive (chopped)
- 1.5 ouncesbutter
- q.s.salt
Bechamel
- 2 cupsmilk (14 oz (400 g) )
- 1.4 ouncesbutter (unsalted 40 g)
- 1.4 ouncesflour (40 g)
- 1.4 ouncesparmesan cheese (grated 40 g)
- q.s.salt
- q.s.pepper
Directions
Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the flour.
Stir until smooth then slowly pour in the hot milk, a little at a time, stirring constantly with a whisk to prevent the formation of lumps.
Bring it to a boil, lower the heat, and cook, mixing constantly, until you have a fairly thick consistency. Add salt and pepper to taste, and Parmesan cheese.
Cook pasta
Put on a large pot of water to boil for the pasta. Once it starts to boil, add salt and cook the pasta al dente according to the instructions on the package.
Make the sauce
While pasta is cooking prepare the sauce.
Heat the butter in a large pan and sauté the salmon (cut into strips) gently for a few minutes.
Add the bechamel and chopped chives too.
Finish and serve
Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
When the pasta is al dente drain it and keep some cooking water aside.
Add pasta to the sauce along with a ladle of cooking water, mix well.
Put it in a buttered ovenproof serving dish and add 1/2 laddle of cooking water.
Cook in the oven for 15 – 20 minutes.
Baked Salmon Pasta is ready.
Buon appetito!
Storage
You can store Baked Salmon Pasta in the refrigerator in an airtight container for 2 days.
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