Salmon Carbonara

Name: Salmon Carbonara
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/2 lb linguine or 1/2 lb fettuccine; 6 slices bacon, diced; 1/2 onion, chopped; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 2 teaspoons dried basil (leaf not ground); 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano (leaf not ground); 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes; 2 (14 ounce) cans canned diced tomatoes; 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar; 1 (14 3/4 ounce) can salmon, drained and broken into bite-sized pieces; 1/2 cup heavy cream; parmesan cheese, finely shredded

Submitted by Lennie

"This is a luscious alternative to plain ol' spaghetti carbonara; it's egg-free too."

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Ready In:: 1hr
Ingredients:: 13
Serves:: 4

ingredients

¹⁄₂ lb linguine or 1/2 lb fettuccine
6 slices bacon, diced
¹⁄₂ onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons dried basil (leaf not ground)
¹⁄₂ teaspoon dried oregano (leaf not ground)
¹⁄₂ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
¹⁄₂ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
2 (14 ounce) cans canned diced tomatoes
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 (14 3/4 ounce) can salmon, drained and broken into bite-sized pieces
¹⁄₂ cup heavy cream
parmesan cheese, finely shredded

directions

Cook pasta according to package directions; drain and keep warm.
In large saucepan cook bacon pieces until crisp; drain; set bacon aside, reserving about 2 tbsp fat.
Add onion, garlic, basil, oregano, and peppers to bacon fat; cook 5 minutes.
Add tomatoes and vinegar; cook over medium-high heat 10 minutes or until slightly thickened.
Stir in salmon and cream; heat through.
Serve over hot cooked pasta.
Garnish with cheese.

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Reviews

This dish was tasty but I found that it didn't have a lot of sauce - which made it rather dry for my tastes. Next time I'll add more cream or milk.

Graybert
this recipe is simply excellent. my housemates and friends gave a perfect 10 rating. it is as good as my favorite italian restaurant's.

Maisie Lau
We had this for lunch today. It was relatively easy to prepare and tasted good. A nice blend of flavors and the crushed red pepper added a nice kick, however I personally felt that the sauce was too thin. I was not incredibly impressed with the directions as written. Step 4 mentions that the sauce would thicken, but I'm not sure how as no thickening agent is added. Maybe everyone else knows something I don't. Also the bacon is not mentioned again after setting it aside in step 2, so I actually forgot about it as I had prepared it earlier and halfway through eating our meal, we added it. I would assume that it IS too be added, I guess with the salmon and cream, but as it is not stated, I was confused. If I make this again, I would probably alter it and add eggs to the sauce as that might help to thicken it, but probably we will just stick to "plain ol' spaghetti carbonara."

berry271
I also didn't have the full amount of tomatoes needed. This was good, but I found that the canned salmon took away from the sauce. I'm not sure if fresh salmon or no salmon would have been better.

HoserLauren
Yum yum yum! I love it! I didn't have all the diced tomatoes-so i had to add half a can of stewed tomatoes-seemed fine, but I don't have the original way to compare it to of course.

irenejo

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Lennie

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I have been sharing recipes here at Recipezaar since October 2001. You won't see me around anymore, although if you're an old-school Zaarite you'll remember that in the past, you couldn't shut me up!

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