Recipes can often be complicated to follow – and that’s the last thing you want when whipping up dinner after a long day at work.
However, this salmon and broccoli recipe couldn’t be more simple with such few ingredients and just four steps to follow.
The recipe comes from Justine Pattison, one of the UK’s leading cookery writers, on the BBC Food website.
Labelled as an “easy recipe” the description reads: “A simple salmon pasta that’s ready in under 15 minutes.
“This recipe makes two generous servings or three lighter meals. It’s also very easy to double up.”
Ingredients
150g dried pasta, of any kind
150g broccoli, cut into small florets
One tablespoon olive oil
Four spring onions, trimmed and sliced or ½ small onion, very finely sliced
Two skinless salmon fillets (around 120g each), cut roughly into 3cm chunks
Good pinch of dried chilli flakes (optional)
100ml double cream
Half a small lemon, finely grated zest only
Salt and fresh black pepper
Method
Begin by half-filling a large pan with salted water and bring to a boil. Add the pasta and cook for seven to 12 minutes, or according to the packet instructions until just tender, stirring occasionally.
Three minutes before the end of the pasta cooking time, add the broccoli to the water and cook with the pasta for three minutes.
In the meantime, heat the oil in a medium non-stick frying pan and cook the spring onions, or sliced onion, for one to three minutes, or until softened. Make sure to stir regularly.
Next up add the salmon pieces and chilli, if using, and cook for about a minute, turning the salmon three to four times.
Add the cream and a ladleful of the pasta cooking water (around 100ml) and season generously with salt and pepper.
Bring the pan to a gentle simmer and cook the salmon for three to four minutes, turning occasionally.
For those who are finding that the sauce is thickening up too much, they can add an extra splash of water, but not too much.
Drain the pasta and broccoli and return to the pan, then finish off by adding the creamy salmon sauce and lemon zest and combine them together.
