Angel Hair Pasta with Tomatoes
This recipe is one of our favorites. It's nice and light and can be topped with salmon, tuna, halibut, crab or even simple grilled chicken. It probably takes about 30 minutes to cook if you have all the ingredients ready to go. This will serve 3-4 people.
2-6 cloves garlic (depending on your love of garlic)
1-2 lemons, juiced (no seeds)
1 c. chopped roma tomatoes (2-3 tomatoes)
8-12 oz. angel hair pasta
1/4 c. fresh basil, ribbon-cut
fresh grated parmesan cheese
freshly ground black pepper to taste
filet of salmon, approx. 1 1/2 lbs. (leftovers are always good on salads)
lemon pepper seasoning, preferably without salt added
Clean garlic cloves and mince, set aside.
Juice lemons, also set aside.
Chop tomatoes into a small bowl.
Fill pasta pan with water and bring to a boil.
Use a 12-14 inch saute pan and set on low; warm olive oil in pan. Cook garlic in olive oil for a couple minutes, do not let it brown. Increase the temperature to high and immediately add wine to pan. Simmer for a few minutes until the liquid is about half in volume.
When water for pasta is boiling, add the angel hair pasta to pan, cook according to directions.
Cook Salmon while you are finishing up the pasta. If you bake the salmon, heat oven to 425 degrees (place pan in oven to heat up while the oven comes up to temperature), spray baking pan with Pam and place salmon on pan. Lightly salt and pepper the filet. Place salmon in oven and cook for about 12 minutes. Take salmon out and sprinkle with lemon pepper seasoning. Return to oven for about 2 more minutes.
Back to pasta . . . sauce . . . . after the wine has reduced, take the pan off the stove and add lemon juice and the tomatoes. Give it a stir and then place a top on the pan. When the pasta is done, drain the pasta and add it to the garlic, wine tomato sauce. Put the top back on to keep warm.
When the salmon is done, you are ready to dish up the pasta. Add the basil and pepper to the pasta, place pasta in individual bowls and place a slice of salmon on top of the pasta.
Serve with fresh parmesan cheese.
If you do not want to use wine, you can substitute it with chicken broth.
I have also changed this recipe around a bit by using mango instead of tomatoes and replacing the basil with mint. Pretty yummy : )
