Penne ala vodka & smoked salmon
4 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | ounces | Penne pasta |
| 2 | tablespoons | Olive oil |
| 1 | Whole shallot -- thinly | |
| Sliced | ||
| 4 | Whole Roma tomatoes -- | |
| Seeded and chopped | ||
| ⅔ | cup | Whipping cream |
| 1 | pinch | Ground nutmeg |
| 2 | tablespoons | Fresh dill -- chopped |
| ***OR*** | ||
| ½ | teaspoon | Dried dill weed |
| ⅓ | cup | Vodka |
| 6 | ounces | Smoked salmon -- cut into |
| Strips | ||
| White pepper | ||
| 1 | Sprig fresh dill | |
Directions
Cook pasta and drain well.
Heaqt oil in a wide frying pan over medium-low heat. Add shallot and cook, stirring often, until soft but not brown (about 3 minutes).
Stir in chopped tomatoes, cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Add cream, nutmeg, choped dill and vodka. Increase heat to high and bring to a full boil. Boil for 1 minute.
Add pasta to sauce and mix lightly using 2 spoons, until pasta is well coated. Remove from heat, add salmon and mix lightly.
Season to taste with white pepper and garnish with dill springs.
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