Seared salmon cubes, fresh tomatoes that cook down into a sauce, and cream with a pinch of turmeric that gives a golden hue. The salmon goes back in only at the end, so it stays juicy and whole.
⏱ 35 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts
Cook the pasta in plenty of boiling salted water (4¼ cups of water and a heaping teaspoon of salt for every 4 oz of pasta), following the package directions (taste about 2 minutes early), until al dente.
⚙ Cooking in salted waterStovePot
💡The water should taste like a seasoned soup, not like sea water: a heaping teaspoon of salt per liter. Add the salt once the water is boiling.
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Reserve cup of the cooking water before draining.
⚙ Saving the cooking waterLadleorMeasuring cup
💡The cooking water is starchy: a spoonful or two binds the sauce to the pasta or the gnocchi and makes it glossy.
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Drain.
Colander
To assemble
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Cut the salmon into 2 cm cubes and season with half the salt.
KnifeCutting board
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Heat the olive oil in a wide pan over medium-high heat.
⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
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Add the salmon cubes and fry 2 minutes per side, until lightly golden. Remove and set aside.
⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
💡Salmon left in the boiling sauce dries out and falls apart: sear it first, remove it, and return it only at the end, when the sauce is ready.
💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
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Add the garlic and fry 1 minute, until fragrant.
⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
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Add the tomatoes and cook 4 minutes, until they soften and release their juices.
Stove
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Add the cream and turmeric and bring to a gentle boil. Turn down the heat and simmer 3 minutes, until the sauce thickens slightly.
⚙ SimmeringStove
💡Reduce cream at a gentle bubble, not a hard boil: a few minutes is enough for it to thicken, and loosen a sauce that got too thick with a spoonful of pasta water.
💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
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Add the drained pasta and a little of the cooking water, season with the rest of the salt and black pepper and toss for about a minute over low heat, until the sauce clings to the pasta.
Stove
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Gently return the salmon cubes.
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Serve immediately, with the parsley on top.
684calories
36 gprotein
78 gcarbs
22 gfat
● protein 22%● carbs 47%● fat 30%
Per serving (373 g), of 4 servings
For the Cooked pasta · To assemble ·
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Olive oil: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 14 g · 884 kcal per 100 g · More about Olive oil →
Salmon: measured in pieces: one ≈ 170 g · 127 kcal per 100 g · More about Salmon →
Garlic: measured in pieces: one ≈ 5 g · 149 kcal per 100 g · More about Garlic →
Tomatoes: measured in pieces: one ≈ 150 g · 18 kcal per 100 g · More about Tomatoes →
Turmeric: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 3 g · 312 kcal per 100 g · More about Turmeric →
Cooking cream: measured in cup in this recipe: 1 cup = 240 g · 161 kcal per 100 g · More about Cooking cream →
Salt: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 6 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Salt →
Black pepper: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 2.4 g · 251 kcal per 100 g · More about Black pepper →
Parsley: measured in pieces: one ≈ 30 g · 36 kcal per 100 g · More about Parsley →
🔧 Tools needed (7) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels
Stove· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Frying pan· Also works: Wok (None)· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
Pot· Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation)· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
Cutting board· Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
Knife· Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
Colander· Also works: Lid (a lid held slightly open over the sink, you lose a little) · Slotted spoon (for small amounts)
Ladle or Measuring cup· one of them
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