# Pasta with Pesto and Salmon

A delicious and quick pasta dish with pesto and salmon, perfect for summer.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- cubes butter
- sprigs thyme
- pieces salmon
- heavy cream
- pasta
- salt
- leaves basil
- pistachios
- Parmigiano Reggiano
- Pecorino Romano
- cloves garlic
- slices lemon
- extra virgin olive oil
- old bread

## Instructions

1. Cut the butter into cubes.
2. Add butter and thyme to a pan and melt it.
3. Dice the salmon and add it to the pan with butter and thyme.
4. Add heavy cream to the cooked salmon.
5. Boil water in a pot and add salt.
6. Add pasta to the boiling water.
7. Add basil leaves to a food processor.
8. Add pistachios to the food processor.
9. Add Parmigiano Reggiano and Pecorino Romano to the food processor.
10. Peel and add garlic cloves to the food processor.
11. Add lemon slices and squeezed lemon juice to the food processor.
12. Pour extra virgin olive oil from Nonno's garden into the food processor.
13. Blend the ingredients in the food processor to make pesto.
14. Add the cooked pasta to the pan with salmon and sauce.
15. Add the pesto to the pasta and salmon.
16. Mix everything together until the pasta is coated with the pesto and sauce.
17. Transfer the pasta to a serving dish and garnish with lemon slices.
18. Crumble old bread and pistachios in a blender to make breadcrumbs.
19. Sprinkle the breadcrumbs on top of the pasta.

## Equipment

- pan
- pot
- food processor
- blender

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNd4e3hQc/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/c82fd270-c42d-4a57-836b-7440d0866984
- Extracted: 2025-08-25

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