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Pasta with salmon – saffron – sauce with leaf spinach

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Ingredients for 2 servings:

  • 250 g salmon fillet(s), optionally cod, zander etc.
  • 1 handful of leaf spinach
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • ½ small can of saffron, ground or saffron threads
  • 80 ml fish stock
  • 200g tagliatelle
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 tbsp crème fraîche
  • salt and pepper
  • basil

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 20 minutes

This delicious pasta dish is perfect for a lovely dinner for two. First, cut the fish into cubes no larger than 1 cm and toss with the lemon juice. Cook the pasta in salted water according to the package instructions until al dente. For the sauce, melt the butter and add the spinach, stirring until it collapses. Then add the fish stock mixed with saffron and bring the sauce to a boil. Then add the salmon cubes. Cover and simmer over low heat for about 4 minutes, then stir in the crème fraîche and season with salt and pepper. Plate up the pasta, pour the sauce on top, and garnish with basil.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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