Creamy Pasta with Salmon

Garden cress tops this easy pasta dish served with poached salmon in a refreshing, creamy dill sauce.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 366 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 (8 ounce) package spaghetti
• 1 large shallot, minced
• 1 (8 ounce) package fresh green beans, trimmed and halved
• 1 bunch chopped fresh dill
• 1 cup garden cress, or more to taste
• 2 lemon, juiced
• 0.25 cup sour cream
• 0.5 pound salmon fillet

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain.

Step 2

While pasta cooks, pour enough water into a frying pan to cover salmon; add dill. Strain in lemon juice. Mix and season with salt and pepper. Add salmon to the pan and poach over medium-high heat, flipping as necessary, until it flakes easily with a fork, about 10 minutes. Remove the skin when you flip it the first time.

Step 3

At the same time, heat olive oil in a pan over medium to medium-high heat. Saute green beans and shallots until the shallots start to brown and the green beans soften, 8 to 10 minutes.

Step 4

Place pasta on serving plates, along with some chunks of the salmon, plus some of the sauteed mixture. Try to get an even mix if possible. Sprinkle with garden cress. Serve immediately!

Step 5

Once the salmon is poached, use tongs to set it aside in a shallow bowl, but don't throw the poaching mixture away. Take about 1/4 cup of the poaching mixture and add it to a saucepan. Add sour cream and chopped dill and mix over medium heat until combined. Remove from heat and mix into pasta.