Creamy Smoked Salmon & Dijon Pasta

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 cups broad egg noodles or 4 cups shell noodles
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon oil
• 2 tablespoons shallots, finely chopped or 1 clove garlic, crushed, finely chopped
• 8 ounces smoked salmon (250 g)
• 4 whole green onions
• 1 cup sour cream (250-ml container) or 1 cup light sour cream ((250-ml container)(i use no fat with success))
• 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
• pepper, freshly ground (i use black, it doesn't look as pretty but does the job)

Recipe

• 1 cook the pasta.
• 2 drain but do not rinse. meanwhile, heat the butter in a large frying pan.
• 3 add the shallots and saute=e9 for about 5 minutes.
• 4 meanwhile, cut the salmon into thin bite-size pieces (i use thick bite sized pieces) and slice the green onions; set aside. then, whisk the sour cream, dijon and pepper into the sauted shallots.
• 5 remove from the heat and immediately stir into the drained cooked pasta.
• 6 add the salmon and green onions and toss.
• 7 serve hot or as a cold pasta salad.
• 8 the flavour becomes fuller with a day's refrigeration.
• 9 if it's not creamy enough after being chilled, simply stir in more sour cream.