Pasta with Smoked Salmon and Green Asparagus in a Watercress Sauce
This light pasta dish combines fresh vegetables with a low-fat cheese sauce to bring out the best flavour from the smoked salmon.
Recipe Information
| serves | SALMON PORTION |
COURSE | COOKING METHOD |
PREPARATION TIME |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Smoked Salmon | Main,Snack | Boil | Less than 30 minutes |
Ingredients
- 200g. fresh pasta,
- 200g. green asparagus,
- 2-3 spring onions,
- 75g. diced smoked salmon
Sauce:
- 1 tsp. olive oil,
- a finely diced onion,
- 300 ml. vegetable bouillon,
- maizena/flour for thickening,
- 2 tsp. low-fat cream cheese,
- salt,
- white pepper,
- 1 pot of watercress
Method
Break off the stringy end of the asparagus. Cut the green asparagus and the spring onions in slices of 3-4 cm in length and boil them for a couple of minutes.
For the sauce, fry the onion in the oil and add the bouillon. Allow to simmer for a few minutes and thicken with maizena/flour mixed with a little water before adding the cream cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Blend with the watercress.
Mix the vegetables and the diced smoked salmon with the sauce and heat through Garnish with watercress. Serve with freshly cooked pasta and bread.
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