Pasta with salmon and minty pea pesto
On the table in just 25 minutes, this pasta is a scrumptious idea for a quick dinner or lunch. Packed with delicious flakes of salmon and a zingy homemade pea pesto, it’s a simple meal that will blow your mind!
- 25 mins cooking
- Serves 4
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Ingredients
- 220 g wholemeal penne pasta
- 2 cups frozen peas, thawed
- 300 g skinless boneless salmon fillets
- 1 cup mint leaves
- 1 tsp finely grated lemon rind
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 1/3 cup finely grated parmesan
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small lemon, cut into wedges
- small mint leaves to garnish
Method
- 1Cook pasta in a large saucepan of boiling water to packet directions until just tender. Remove pasta with slotted spoon. Reserve 1/3 cup cooking water. Place peas into colander in sink. Tip remaining cooking water over peas to blanch. Rinse under cold water.
- 2Heat a heavy-based, nonstick frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook salmon for 3 minutes each side or until just cooked through. Transfer to a plate and flake with a fork.
- 3To make pesto, process drained peas, mint, rind, juice, garlic, parmesan, oil and reserved cooking water in a food processor, pulsing until well combined but still chunky.
- 4Toss pesto through hot pasta. Fold through salmon flakes. Divide pasta and salmon mixture among four bowls or plates. Season with pepper. Serve with lemon wedges and mint.
