Summer Pasta Salad with Salmon

When I recently visited Oulu, the largest city in northern Finland, located on the northeastern shore of the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea, I also went to see what was on sale at the local market. I was most surprised by the salmon on offer – slices of fish of a beautiful orange colour…

…variously seasoned or as part of salads. Salmon (lohi in Finnish) is the king of Finnish fish.

I was just as intrigued by the various spice mixtures for fish. I knew right away what souvenir I would bring back from Oulu. 🙂
Here in Central Europe, we don’t have such a wide choice, but we can still prepare delicious dishes with salmon. One of the most popular recipes in our family is this pasta salad, and not only in summer.

PASTA SALAD WITH SALMON
We need:
300 g salmon
pasta
3-4 young onions (depending on size)
100-150 ml sour cream
parsley
fish seasoning
lemon zest and lemon juice
salt
olive oil

Method:

Cook the pasta according to the instructions. Cut the onion into small pieces, the salmon into 1×1 cm cubes. Chop the parsley finely. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and sauté the chopped onions. Set aside and fry the salmon pieces on all sides in the oil.

Mix with the onions, season with salt and fish seasoning, add the grated lemon zest and drizzle with lemon juice to taste. Sprinkle with parsley and gently stir in the sour cream.

Allow to come to the boil, set aside and mix with the cooked pasta.
The recipe is more interesting if you use pasta of a special shape. This pasta is from Sardinia.

I don’t know about you, but I think that nowadays when you can get everything everywhere, if you want to bring back some souvenirs from your travels, the best ones are the authentic ones that you can eat.

However, for this recipe, I use cornetti (elbow macaroni) most often.

Bon appétit! Or as they say in Finland: Hyvää ruokahalua!
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