Best 3 Pasta With Salmon And Leeks Recipes

CREAMY SALMON AND LEEK PASTA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain and return to the pot.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir leek in butter until slightly softened, 6 to 7 minutes; season with salt. Pour white wine and lemon juice over the leeks, and bring to a boil while scraping any browned bits of food from the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Simmer until most of the liquid evaporates, about 5 minutes.
• Stir creme fraiche, mustard, and 1 pinch cayenne pepper into the leek mixture. Reduce heat to low and let cook until warmed, about 5 minutes. Add salmon to sauce; cook and stir until salmon starts to flake and is no longer pink in the center, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove pan from heat and stir in cilantro. Pour sauce over spaghetti; toss to coat. Garnish with a pinch of cayenne pepper.

SALMON AND LEEK PASTA

Steps:

• Heat large pot of water to boil pasta.
• Meanwhile, melt 4 tablespoons of buttre in large skillet; add leeks.
• Cook over low heat until tender but not brown, 7 minutes.
• Add wine; stir and cook 1 minutes.
• Add mushrooms, clam juice and milk, heat to a boil.
• Add thyme, salt and pepper to taste.
• Gently stir in salmon.
• Cook, stirring, until salmon is almost cooked through, 3 minutes.
• Remove from heat; stir in parsley.
• Cook pasta according to directions; drain.
• Place in serving bolw.
• Toss with remaining 2 tablespoons of butter.
• Pour sauce over pasta; gently toss.
• Adjust seasonings.

FETTUCCINE WITH SMOKED SALMON, GOAT CHEESE, LEEKS AND ZUCCHINI

Steps:

• Heat 1/4 cup olive oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add sliced leeks and sauté until golden and tender, about 10 minutes. Add sliced zucchini and sauté until beginning to soften, about 3 minutes. Add 1 cup half and half and crumbled goat cheese and stir until goat cheese melts. Remove sauce from heat. Season sauce with salt and generous amount of pepper.
• Meanwhile, cook fettuccine in large pot of rapidly boiling salted water until pasta is just tender.
• Drain fettuccine and return to pot. Add sauce to fettuccine and toss until thoroughly coated. Transfer fettuccine to large bowl. Top pasta with smoked salmon and serve immediately.