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Creamy Cajun Salmon Fettuccine

Daniel Devereux
Creamy Cajun sauce with juicy blackened salmon fillets!
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine American, Italian
Servings 2 people

Equipment

  • Heavy frying pan
  • Pasta pot
  • Chopping board
  • Sharp knife
  • Colander

Ingredients
  

Salmon Steaks

  • 2 salmon fillets
  • 1 tsp old bay seasoning
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp cayenne pepper
  • pinch salt
  • pinch pepper

Creamy Cajun Sauce

  • 200 g fettuccine or tagliatelle
  • 1 small shallot
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 30 ml dry white wine
  • 1 cup double cream
  • 1 tsp cajun seasoning or old bay seasoning
  • 1 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • ¼ cup parmesan or grano padano
  • salt and pepper
  • juice of half a lemon

Instructions
 

Salmon Steaks

  • Wash and dry the salmon steaks. In a bowl add all the seasoning and mix until combined. Cover the salmon in the seasoning and set aside ready for frying.
  • Heat a cast iron skillet on high and add the olive oil and allow to heat. Add the salmon steaks to the skillet skin side down and leave to fry for 2-3 minutes or until a light golden brown.
  • Turn steaks over and fry for a further 2-3 minutes on the other side and remove from the pan to a plate.

Creamy Cajun Sauce

  • Add the fettuccine to a pot of salted boiling water and cook according to the packet instructions. Before draining reserve 1 cup pasta water.
  • In the same skillet you fried the salmon add some more olive oil and chopped shallots, minced garlic and sauté for a couple of minutes.
  • Deglaze the pan with some white wine and add the sauce seasonings and mix and allow the alcohol to evaporate.
  • Add the cream, stir and allow to come to a bubble and add the parmesan salt and pepper and stir until melted.
  • Add the cooked fettuccini and lemon juice to the sauce and toss with the tongs top with the fried salmon and tuck in.

Notes

TIPS - 
  • Sauté the salmon in olive oil for crisp skin and edges. 
  • Alternatively, break the salmon into pieces and stir into the sauce right before serving for an equally delicious creamy fish sauce.
  • Be sure to add some pasta water to the sauce before combining everything together to get the lovely sauce sticking to the pasta.
  • If you are keeping the skin off make sure to remove the scales using a sharp knife or scaler tool - be careful!
Keyword Pasta, Quick & Easy, Quick Meal, Spicy