Creamy salmon & sugar snap pasta

Creamy salmon & sugar snap pasta

You’ll love the classic combination of salmon, lemon and peppery rocket in this tasty summer pasta

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

plus cooling

Method

  1. Boil the pasta, adding the sugar snaps to the water 2 mins before cooking time is up. Cool under running water, then drain. You can steam the salmon over the pasta pan for about 7 mins if you have a steamer basket, or put onto a heatproof plate and microwave on High for 2-3 mins until the flesh flakes easily. Peel away any skin, break into large flakes, then allow to cool.
  2. Mix the lemon zest, juice and crème fraîche together, then season to taste. If you need to, loosen with a few tbsp of water to make the consistency of double cream. Toss the pasta, peas and rocket into the dressing, flake in the salmon, then gently turn in the bowl a few times.

Per serving

527 kcalories, protein 30g, carbohydrate 79g, fat 13 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 4g, sugar 4g, salt 0.14 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2008.

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  • 11 August 2008

    Pammy rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Light and tasty.

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  • 28 August 2008

    cookingsis rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really easy to make-The whole family loved it!

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  • 29 August 2008

    Frantic Flapjack rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very easy to make. Used hot smoked salmon which added some extra flavour. Popular with the family.

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  • 08 October 2008

    Graziella from Malta rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I did not use any sugar snaps. What I did was frying two onions with 1 clove garlic and 2 fresh tomatoes. Then I added the cubed fresh salmon,some Bacardi, juice of 1 lemon and then obviously the fresh cream.. and left it 5 minutes on low heat. It was then added to the pasta boiled beforehand. Everyone enjoyed it!

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  • 23 October 2008

    Lucyf rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I love this and make it all the time. It's great cold in a packed lunch

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  • 15 February 2009

    PlacematUK rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    It is a good start point, but needs some tweaking otherwise it turns out quite bland. I added some garilic to the sauce and a little bit of tomato (not too much.)

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  • 16 September 2009

    JenMac rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I love how fresh and light this tastes, and it's so quick to make. I always use hot smoked salmon as per one of the earlier suggestions, it really lifts the flavour.

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    03 August 2010

    Lau rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    This is great although I would make it without the sugar snap peas next time as I don't think the flavour works well... I also put double the amount of lemon and lots of black pepper. yum

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  • 25 February 2011

    KJF_UK rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Beautiful recipe, thoroughly recommended! Thank you Good Food!

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  • 28 December 2011

    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Lovely, we had this warm and I added capers. I also used ready cooked salmon.

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    23 January 2012

    MdR rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    So easy to prepare and very tasty - I added some frozen peas for something extra.

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  • 28 March 2012

    pagan rainbowfilter rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    this is one of the worst (if not THE worst) recipes I've tried on here it was ridiculously bland

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  • 22 October 2012

    Marika15 commented on this recipe

    was delicious, but thought the recipe would be a little boring so added a big handful of dille through the creme freche, and also served with lots of black pepper and a little parmazan, am making it again tomorrow!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 10 mins

plus cooling

This heart-healthy salad is a good source of omega-3 and vitamin C. You can eat this warm or cold. You could use flakes of hot-smoked salmon or trout instead, or add a sprinkling of dill.

Ingredients

  • 400g fusilli pasta or other pasta shape
  • 150g pack sugar snap peas , halved lengthwise
  • 2 salmon steaks, 300g/10oz in total
  • zest and juice ½ lemon
  • 4 tbsp reduced-fat crème fraîche
  • 100g bag rocket
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Per serving

527 kcalories, protein 30g, carbohydrate 79g, fat 13 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 4g, sugar 4g, salt 0.14 g

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