Smoked Salmon Vodka Cream Sauce

Create a very special dinner for two with smoked salmon sauteed in butter and onion, simmered in vodka, then finished with a cream and tomato sauce flavored with fresh nutmeg and flakes of hot pepper. Serve over hot pasta.

• Calories: 282 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg
• ¼ cup heavy whipping cream
• salt to taste
• 2 fluid ounces vodka
• ground black pepper to taste
• ½ cup tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon finely diced onion
• ½ cup diced smoked salmon
• ¼ cup chopped tomatoes
• ⅛ tablespoon cayenne pepper

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

In a large saucepan saute butter and onion with smoked salmon. Once the pan begins to lightly smoke, pull saucepan away from heat source and add the Vodka.n

Step 2

When the Vodka has burned off, return the sauce to heat source and mix in the tomatoes, tomato sauce and heavy cream.n

Step 3

Season sauce with salt, pepper, nutmeg, and chile pepper. Reduce sauce to desired consistency; serve.n