Asparagus and Smoked Salmon Pasta.

As you might have already noticed I’ve been cooking a lot of pasta recently. I don’t really know why, but I kind of felt like I didn’t enough the past months, so I have to catch up a little bit.

I’m still kind of ill, it’s just a cold, but it kind of keeps me from doing big work in the kitchen. So I’m happy about easy dishes, that I can just throw together in a couple of minutes and still have something my suffering body can enjoy in this total agony of cough and snuff. I’m just kidding, but I really need nice food to feel better.

This asparagus and smoked salmon pasta is another great quick weekday dinner dish. It’s easily done in under 20 minutes and still has great and interesting flavor. Fresh asparagus, smoky salmon, zesty lemon, heavy cream and al dente pasta.

Ingredients:
serves 4

1 pound of pasta
1 pound of green asparagus, cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces
6 oz of smoked salmon, roughly chopped
1 1/2 cup of heavy cream
zest of one lemon
1/4 cup parmesan cheese
2 egg yolks
1 tbsp. minced chives
salt & freshly ground black pepper

Cook your pasta according to package instructions or personal preference until al dente. Meanwhile mix the cream, parmesan, egg yolks, chives and lemon zest in a small bowl and heat up a tablespoon of butter in a pan and add the asparagus. Pan-fry the asparagus for a couple of minutes until the pasta is done. Add the pasta and cream mixture to the pan and heat until lightly thickened. Just before serving add the smoked salmon and allow to heat through.