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Wholewheat Pasta, Fresh Herbs & Smoked Salmon

Course Dinner
Cuisine Healthy
Servings 2 servings

Equipment

  • Cooking pan
  • Baking pan

Ingredients

  • 150 gram Wholewheat Pasta
  • 200 gram Smoked Salmon
  • ½ Lemon
  • ½ tsp Sambal
  • 30 gram Almonds
  • 1 clove Garlic
  • 50 gram Old Amsterdam or other matured cheese
  • 70 ml Olive Oil
  • 30 gram Fresh Herbs mix of fresh herbs like; chives, parsley & chervil
  • Handful Arugula
  • 3 tbsp Creme Fraiche optional

Instructions

  • Cook the pasta following the instructions on the package. Leave 2 soupspoons of cooking liquid aside, when draining the pasta. This can be used for the sauce.
  • Bake the almonds till they are brown and toasted.
  • In a mortar or food processor, make a pesto of the almonds, garlic, olive oil, herbs & Old Amsterdam.
  • Heat up a baking pan to a medium heat. Once warm, add the pesto, juice of half a lemon, some lemon zest & sambal and mix.
  • Add the cooked pasta, some cooking liquid and the creme fraiche.
  • Let it cook until the sauce is a bit thickened, and all the pasta is covered with the sauce. Then turn off the heat, add the arugula and flakes of smoked salmon. Mix and serve!