Sunday, January 22, 2012

PASTA WITH SMOKED SALMON AND OTHER THINGS


Once provided this for pre-marathon carbo-packing
 For 4:
  • 1 lb. pasta
  • 8 oz. smoked salmon, cut into smallish pieces
  • 1 cp. frozen peas, defrosted
  • 1 lb. small boiling potatoes cut into cubes
  • 4 oz. goat cheese, crumbled
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 1 red pepper, sliced 
  • (optional: 1 jalapeno very thinly sliced and with seeds/ribs removed - check for hotness, though)
  • 1 clove minced garlic
  • grated rind of one lemon 

Put the potato cubes in a saucepan of water with some salt and simmer until tender.  Then drain.   Set the water to boil for the pasta, and when it bubbles, add a tsp. of salt.  Add the pasta and stir.  Saute the onion and peppers in olive oil until quite tender and a little browned.  Turn off the heat and add the garlic and lemon rind.
Before draining the pasta, collect about a cup of the hot cooking water in a coffee cup and keep aside.  Now drain the pasta, put in a large bowl or pot (preferably a heated one) and immediately add everything else, including the saved water.  Add salt and pepper to taste, and let sit about 5 minutes in a warm oven before serving, so that everything melds together.

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