One-Pot Creamy Smoked Salmon Pasta with Spinach Topped with Caviar: Luscious, delicious and easy mess-free dinner ready in 15 minutes!
This one-pot creamy smoked salmon pasta with spinach and caviar is so decadent and yet unbelievably easy to make! I’m hooked on one-pot dinner recipes lately (make sure to check my green pesto pasta, beetroot risotto and spaghetti and vegan meatballs) because I don’t have a real kitchen at the moment but I still find a way to cook delicious dinners every day with my small portable double burner.
We are having renovations in our kitchen for the last two weeks and the new kitchen furniture will be delivered to us today. I can’t wait for it to be assembled, so that I can share some of my new ideas with you! It was definitely a challenge for me to keep my blog up and running without having a real kitchen for some time but I think it turned out quite good. I might have not even tested some of the amazing recipes I posted lately otherwise, one of which is this delicious smoked salmon pasta! Besides, it’s always a good idea to have a break and opt for really quick and easy dinners, allowing yourself to spend more time with your family.
The more I think about this smoked salmon pasta, the more I want to make it over and over again. I mean, not only it’s quick and easy to make, it’s also VERY delicious. Just imagine: smoky pieces of salmon and chewy spinach are bound together with a creamy white sauce and topped with a spoon of salmon caviar. There is barely a dish that luscious and yet so easy and quick. I mean, you only need 6 ingredients and 20 minutes to make it!
Another good thing about this dish is that you can always experiment with ingredients: add more cream or a combination of milk and cream cheese, use other leafy greens instead of spinach or use smoked trout instead of smoked salmon, substitute tagliatelle to your favorite type of pasta, skip the caviar and add pine nuts or chopped dill on top. Whatever works the best for you! It’s really easy to pull everything together in one pot and cook just as long as your pasta needs to get ready. Delicious food doesn’t need to be hard to make, right?
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Back to the smoked salmon pasta: check the recipe below and make it! I would love to see your pictures of my dishes! Please use the hashtag #HappyKitchen.Rocks on social media, so I can see them.
One-Pot Creamy Smoked Salmon Pasta with Spinach
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic
- 240 ml or 1 cup milk or heavy cream
- 480 ml or 2 cups vegetable broth
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 250 grams or 9 oz whole wheat tagliatelle (or any other pasta of your choice e.g. gluten-free)
- 60 grams or 2 cups raw baby spinach
- 100 grams or 3.5 oz smoked salmon
- 30 grams or 1/4 cup grated Parmesan optional
- 2 teaspoons salmon caviar to garnish
Instructions
- Mince the garlic. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add garlic and cook for 1-2 minutes, stirring frequently. Add heavy cream, vegetable broth and a pinch of salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Bring to a boil and add pasta, baby spinach and smoked salmon. Reduce the heat and simmer until pasta is cooked through (check the instructions on the package). If it's too thick add a bit of hot water. Stir in grated Parmesan cheese if desired.
- Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste. Garnish with salmon caviar. Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
What is your favorite one-pot pasta? Leave a comment below!
Cheers,
Elena
are you using fresh pasta or dried?
I used fresh pasta but you can also use dry pasta with a bit more liquid. Hope you enjoy the recipe Nancy!
It definitely works with dried pasta. Very creamy and delicious. The salmon dies most of the work in terms of flavor! This would be a great crowd pleaser at a dinner party. I didn’t have any Parmesan but I can’t wait to try this recipe with it.
Thank you for your lovely feedback, Natalie! I’m so happy you enjoyed the recipe.
Hi, I just wanted to ask how many serves there would be in this recipe? Thank you!
Hi Melissa, this recipe makes 2 generous servings. Hope that helps!
This was scrump-deli-icious ! I went right to the kitchen and made it. Had to substitute frozen kale for the fresh spinach, It followed the garlic, so it could cook longer and tasted so good. Think I’ll cook kale like that from now on. That was the only change. I did find this to be very ‘rich’, so have leftover, which is great. As another reviewer stated, this recipe lends itself as a great base and to change up from there. Thank you so much for posting this.
I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe! Kale is surely a great idea. I appreciate your feedback!
do i cook the pasta before i put it in the pan ?
Hi Patty! You don’t need to cook pasta before adding it, just make sure you add it when the liquid is boiling and cook for as long as the package suggests. Hope you like it!
My first one pot pasta and not the last for sure. It was DE-LI-CIOUS!! Thanks for this recipe!
Thank you, Audrey! I’m so happy you enjoyed my pasta!
I made this yesterday delicious and easy to make.I will be using this recipe often.thank you.
I’m so glad you like it, Ann! It’s one of my go-to one-pot dinners!
I actually have a question.
we don’t get salmon as often here. can baramundi be used instead?
I think so, yes! It won’t taste the same obviously, but I believe it will be delicious anyway!
I’m on a smoked salmon kick and this sounds perfect!
Me too! Thank you 🙂
This looks absolutely delicious! I could do with a some right now.
Thank you, Jemma! 🙂
Pasta is my all time favorite comfort food. Id love to make it this weekend seeing that I cant go wrong with pasta!
I know, right? Thank you!
We have just started eating fish again, and I am craving something like this. It looks delicious!
Thank you, Dannii! I’m sure you will love it!
Wow – this looks amazing! I never would have thought to make it in one pan, but I love that idea! Good for you for experimenting and coming up with such a winner! Nice!
Thank you, Patricia! I’ve just recently started to make one-pot pasta and I love how easy and delicious it comes out every time!
This paste dish looks so luxurious and delicious. In Italy we make a pasta with smoked salmon always a hit love the smokiness of it then you elevated it with the spinach, and a wonderful cream sauce. Absolutely fabulous. They say a true test of a marriage is a renovation and I bet yours turned out beautiful. Congratulations on your new kitchen excited to see it.
Thank you so much for your kind words, Loreto! It’s an honor to receive a compliment for pasta recipe from Italian! 🙂