Pasta with Smoked Salmon and Capers

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.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 25 mins
• Calories: 527 Calories

Ingredients

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

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add orecchiette and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, 9 to 12 minutes.

Step 2

Meanwhile, combine cream and onion in a heavy saucepan over medium-high heat. Simmer for 2 minutes and remove from heat.

Step 3

Gently stir salmon, Parmesan cheese, capers, butter, and parsley into the cream mixture and serve over pasta.