Creamy Fusilli with Zucchini and Salmon

Creamy Fusilli with Zucchini and Salmon.
This dish is quick and very easy to make.
Moreover, the ingredients are barely processed, and apart from the salmon and pasta, everything else is used raw.
Therefore, it is an excellent dish for today’s young people who are always open to all new things.

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  • Cost: Affordable
  • Preparation time: 15 Minutes
  • Portions: 3
  • Cooking methods: Stove
  • Cuisine: Italian
  • Seasonality: All Seasons
635.69 Kcal
calories per serving
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  • Energy 635.69 (Kcal)
  • Carbohydrates 64.88 (g) of which sugars 3.15 (g)
  • Proteins 29.14 (g)
  • Fat 31.29 (g) of which saturated 9.91 (g)of which unsaturated 6.49 (g)
  • Fibers 2.47 (g)
  • Sodium 1,076.25 (mg)

Indicative values for a portion of 300 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.

* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov

Ingredients

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  • 9 oz fusilli
  • to taste onion
  • 7 oz zucchini
  • 5 oz smoked salmon
  • 1.5 oz butter
  • 1.8 oz stracchino cheese
  • 1 bunch parsley (chopped)
  • 1.5 oz extra virgin olive oil
  • to taste salt
  • to taste pepper

Creamy Fusilli with Zucchini and Salmon

Tools

What we need to make

  • Wok
  • 1 Pot
  • Grater wide holes
  • Knife
  • Wooden Spoon
  • Immersion Blender
  • 1 Pan

Preparation of Creamy Fusilli with Zucchini and Salmon

  • First, put the water for the pasta on the stove, and in the meantime, coarsely slice the onion and sauté it with butter and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil

  • As soon as it turns slightly golden, add the salmon in small pieces and cook for another 2 or 3 minutes. Then turn off the heat.

  • Transfer the contents of the pan into a glass bowl and blend together with a bit of chopped parsley, and set aside.

  • Grate the zucchini, and place it in a wok off the heat along with the cream you just prepared, and the stracchino cheese…

    Creamy Fusilli with Zucchini and Salmon
  • and a teaspoon of chopped parsley.

    Adjust with salt and pepper and mix well, still off the heat

    Creamy Fusilli with Zucchini and Salmon
  • Drain the pasta and add it, along with a little cooking water, so that everything becomes very creamy and homogeneous.

    Toss it with the heat off.

    Creamy Fusilli with Zucchini and Salmon
  • Now you can plate, here are the Creamy Fusilli with Zucchini and Salmon ready.

storage

This is a pasta that should be consumed immediately, otherwise if you reheat it, you lose all the pleasure of the dish’s raw effect

Creamy Fusilli with Zucchini and Salmon

  • Can I substitute the stracchino cheese?

    Yes, with ricotta or cream.

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The cooking blog Rita Amordicucina offers a wide range of recipes, with a particular focus on the cuisine of Northeastern Sicily and Messina. It specializes in fish recipes, pastries, and diet dishes, demonstrating how one can eat deliciously while maintaining a healthy weight. Its motto, "Do what you can with what you have, wherever you are," reflects its desire to teach cooking with limited resources. In addition to the blog, it has participated in television shows and food festivals.

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