Salmon and Mushroom Pasta

[Amanda]

Ingredients

1 quanity Bechamel sauce - see recipe http://www.dairyfreeuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=657

300 g tagliatelle, shells, penne etc
200 g button mushrooms slided
4 large spring onions, sliced
1-2 fat garlic cloves, peeled and crushed or chopped
4 tbs Pure
Leaves of 1 large sprig fresh thyme
Sea salt and freshly grounded peper to taste
30 ml dry vermouth or white wine (optional)
juice 1/2 lemon
400g salmon fillet
2-3 tb fresh chopped basil or parsley
dairy free cheese grated optional

Method

Make the sauce (as per other recipe) and keep warm, covered with clingfilm to stop a skin forming.

Boil pasta according to the pack instructions. Drain return to pan and set aside.

In a wok or large frying pan stir fry mushrooms, onions and garlic in Pure, with the thyme and seasoning for about 5 minutes until softened.

Stir vermouth or wine and cook until evaporated and absorbed. Toss into pasta pan then mix in Béchamel and lemon juice. Reheat until piping hot.

Meanwhile, season and grill salmon, skin side down, until firm and just cooked - about 8 minutes in total.

Flake fish into chunks and gently mix into pasta. Mix in chopped herbs. Serve hot with cheese scattered over if liked.
Serves 4

[Nic]

Sounds yummy!

Have you tried doing salmon and fennel (the vegetable, not the herb)? I find that's a good combination.

Nic

[matt]

why not the herb? the herb is just the leaves above the large white fennel bulb thing. so would be fine with the pasta.:drool:

[ellsie]

Sounds great Amanda. I have made a similar dish but I alwats cheat in this type of dish and use mayonnaisse instead of making bechamel! It works for me!

[kazyn]

Oooh that sounds lovely. I will have to try that, thanks Amanda.

Karen x

[Pen]

Fennel is a herb... roots, umbel, stalks, flowers, leaves, and seeds. See http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/f/fennel01.html.

It is usually the seed that is used for medicinal purposes, mainly as a digestive aid (useful for many of us then). The following is taken from a herbalist's website (http://www.herbies-herbs.com/pages/herbuses-3.html#fennel):

Fennel Seed , Ground & Whole (Foeniculum vulgare)
Properties and Uses: Antispasmodic, carminative, galactagogue. Fennel is used for treating gas, acid stomach, colic and cramps. It is often mixed with catnip in tincture form as an aid to colic.