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Creamy salmon pasta recipe

Creamy salmon pasta recipe

51 ratings

Created by The Tesco Real Food team

This creamy salmon pasta is made using tinned fish! Stir the spaghetti into a rich sauce with crème fraîche, cheese and basil. Ready in just 20 minutes, this one's a real midweek winner. See method

  • Serves 2
  • Takes 20 mins
  • 552 calories / serving

Ingredients

  • 150g wholewheat spaghetti or fusilli
  • 10g fresh basil, leaves picked, stalks finely chopped
  • 150g frozen peas
  • 213g tin salmon, drained
  • 3 tbsp 50% less fat crème fraîche
  • 30g mature Cheddar or Parmesan, finely grated
If you haven't got fusilli, try using penne or another short pasta

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    2320kj
    552kcal     28%

  • Fat

    17g 25%

  • Saturates

    7g 36%

  • Sugars

    5g 5%

  • Salt

    1.4g 24%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 51.1g Protein 42.3g Fibre 11.4g

Method

  1. Cook the pasta to pack instructions. Drain, reserving 100ml pasta water.
  2. Add the basil stalks, peas and the reserved pasta water to a large sauté or frying pan and cook for 2-3 mins until the peas are cooked and the liquid is simmering.
  3. Stir in the pasta, break up the salmon and add that too. Remove from the heat and stir in the crème fraîche and most of the cheese; mix well. Season to taste, then scatter with the basil leaves and remaining cheese to serve.

Clever swap: For a thicker sauce, swap the crème fraîche and grated cheese for 50g garlic & herb soft cheese, or use a little less pasta water.

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