| Level: | Intermediate |
| Total: | 35 min |
| Prep: | 20 min |
| Cook: | 15 min |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
- 1 medium onion, minced
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup hot milk
- 1 (8-ounce) can chunky tomato sauce
- 8 ounces soft cream cheese
- 3/4 pound Norwegian smoked salmon, sliced into 1-inch long strips
- 1 pound penne pasta
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup fresh chives, chopped
Instructions
- Bring a pot of water to boil for the pasta.
- For the sauce, melt butter in a saucepan which will be large enough to accommodate the pound of cooked pasta, and saute onion until it becomes translucent. Mix in the flour to make a roux. Gradually add milk and allow thickening. Stir in tomato sauce and heat through. Remove from heat and add cream cheese. Blend with an immersion blender. Immediately cover surface of sauce with a sheet of plastic wrap and set aside briefly.
- Boil the pasta until al dente and drain. Add the cooked pasta and strips of salmon to the pan containing the sauce and fold to coat pasta. Season with salt and pepper, as needed. Transfer to a serving dish and sprinkle with chives.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 6 servings |
| Calories | 694 |
| Total Fat | 33 g |
| Saturated Fat | 19 g |
| Carbohydrates | 72 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Sugar | 7 g |
| Protein | 26 g |
| Cholesterol | 99 mg |
| Sodium | 723 mg |
Reviews
We loved it. Easy to make and so delicious.
This was ok. It was a good guide. I added a cup more red sauce w crushed tomatoes. Used heavy cream and had to hard milk to thin it. I didn’t use cream cheese. The sauce was think and creamy. This recipe needed more flavor do I add herbs, and more salt and pepper.
Yum, a favorite recipe of mine! I always end up using about double the amount of tomato sauce. I just use it to loosen up the sauce to get it to the consistency I want it. Sometimes I add milk to make it thinner as well. I have never made the recipe with salmon as I don’t eat seafood, but it is delicious on its own. I am now tempted to try it with mushrooms or sausage as another reviewer suggested! Next time I might try to substitute plain greek yogurt for the cream cheese to make it on the lighter side.
Pink library paste and inedible. I followed the recipe to a T, but it was just sticky glop. Could not fix it with water, more sauce vodka, anything. Hated to wste the 50% of my self-smoked Sockeye. What a waste. The firt Robert Irvine that was not pretty good. Do not make this! Flee!
This was one of THE WORST dishes I have ever made! I had to add another 2 cups of liquid to try to turn this goop into a slightly thick sauce. I added peas and dill to try to make it palatable. What a waste of good smoked salmon!
We make this even w/o Salmon because it’s simple and flavorful. It’s easy to enrich the sauce flavors by adding various ingredients: sausage, mushrooms, grated carrots, etc.
My family loved this recipe. I just cut the butter down to make it low fat and used chicken broth to help with the roux. For the milk I used skim, but real used regular cream cheese. I added diced tomatoes from a can to give a little more texture. Would recommend to families that want to get their children to try salmon!
This is an easy recipe to do and the creamy flavors went great with my smoked salmon…….
This is a delightful dish. Very creamy and satisfying. It was served as a side on this show, but was the star of our meal last night. Pasta Rosa, a green salad and some crusty bread. Excellence!