PASTA WITH SMOKED SALMON AND CAPERS

Pasta with Smoked Salmon and Capers image

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.

Provided by Chardonnay Queen

Categories 100+ Pasta and Noodle Recipes Pasta by Shape Recipes

Time 25m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

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

Steps:

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.
Meanwhile, combine cream and onion in a heavy saucepan over medium-high heat. Simmer for 2 minutes and remove from heat.
Gently stir salmon, Parmesan cheese, capers, butter, and parsley into the cream mixture and serve over pasta.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 527.2 calories, Carbohydrate 43.9 g, Cholesterol 107.7 mg, Fat 30.6 g, Fiber 2.2 g, Protein 20 g, SaturatedFat 17.7 g, Sodium 593.5 mg, Sugar 1.5 g