Pasta with Smoked Salmon and Capers

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Description

Serve your salmon-loving friends this elegant and easy pasta dish. For those of you not watching your pennies, substitute caviar for capers. I envy you. We should get together sometime.

Ingredients

  • ½ (16 ounce) package orecchiette pasta
  • 1 cup cream
  • 2 slices red onion, chopped
  • 6 ounces smoked salmon, cut into strips
  • ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 tablespoon capers
  • 1 tablespoon salted butter
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley

Instructions

  1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add orecchiette and cook
  2. stirring occasionally
  3. until tender yet firm to the bite
  4. 9 to 12 minutes.
  5. Meanwhile
  6. combine cream and onion in a heavy saucepan over medium-high heat. Simmer for 2 minutes and remove from heat.
  7. Gently stir salmon
  8. Parmesan cheese
  9. capers
  10. butter
  11. and parsley into the cream mixture and serve over pasta.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 25 mins

Servings: 4

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