Coho Salmon Linguine with Creamy Spinach Sauce

This restaurant-style pasta comes together quickly at home with just a few ingredients. Perfect for an easy weeknight dinner, or sophisticated enough for casual entertaining. The creamy, garlicky sauce with sautéed mushrooms and spinach is exactly what’s needed to bring the pasta and pan-seared, crispy-skinned salmon together.

Tips from the ELLE Gourmet Editors

What is Coho salmon?

Coho salmon is a Pacific variety of salmon known for it’s pale orange flesh and mild flavour. It is recommended in this recipe as it makes an ideal partner for creamy pasta dishes. However, the more common Atlantic salmon is a perfectly reasonable substitute. Same for the stronger, darker Pacific Chinook or Sockeye salmon varieties.

Coho Salmon Linguine

A restaurant-worthy pasta you can make at home. Creamy garlic sauce, sautéed mushrooms and spinach come together with fresh pasta and crispy-skinned salmon for an easy yet elegant meal.

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Ingredients

• 1 pkg linguine (410-500 g)
• 1 tbsp butter
• 4 pieces Coho salmon (about 6 oz/170 g each) (about 6 oz/170 g each)
• ¼ cup finely chopped parsley

Spinach Cream Sauce

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• ½ onion diced
• 1 cup mushrooms quartered
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 tsp garlic paste
• 1 cup whipping cream (35%)
• 1 tsp pepper
• Pinch salt
• ¼ cup chicken stock
• 1 handful spinach
• ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 tbsp white wine
• 1 tsp dried oregano, basil or Italian seasoning

Instructions

 

• In large pot of boiling, salted water, cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain and set aside.
• Melt butter in large skillet over medium heat; cook salmon, skin side down, until skin is golden and crispy, 8 to 10 minutes. Flip and cook for another 1 to 2 minutes.

Spinach Cream Sauce

• Meanwhile, heat oil in pan over medium heat; sauté onions and mushrooms until browned, about 4 minutes. Stir in butter, garlic paste, cream, pepper and salt; bring to a simmer. Stir in chicken stock, spinach, Parmesan and white wine; simmer, stirring frequently, until spinach is wilted, cheese is melted and sauce is thickened, about 5 minutes.
• To serve, divide linguine among plates. Top each with one salmon fillet and some of the spinach cream sauce and parsley.

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Tips from the ELLE Gourmet Editors

What is Coho salmon?

Coho salmon is a Pacific variety of salmon known for it’s pale orange flesh and mild flavour. It is recommended in this recipe as it makes an ideal partner for creamy pasta dishes. However, the more common Atlantic salmon is a perfectly reasonable substitute. Same for the stronger, darker Pacific Chinook or Sockeye salmon varieties.

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