Spaghetti with smoked salmon and vodka sauce

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This is the 5th or 6th time doing this recipe in the last few months.The taste is amazing and I can’t have enough!

Ingredients:

  • 70-100g butter
  • 1 onion, finely diced
  • 1 cup diced smoked salmon
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 8 ounces vodka
  • 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1/2 cup chopped tomatoes
  • 1/2 cup tomato sauce
  • 2-3 tbsp capers
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/4-1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1/2 cup flaked smoked salmon to garnish

Directions:

In a large sauce pan, saute onions in butter until soft and then add 1 cup smoked diced salmon along with the salt and pepper. Add the next ingredients (except flaked salmon) and cook until desired thickness is reached. Cook the Barilla spaghetti and top them up with the sauce and flaked smoked salmon.

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Shakshuka

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You must try this traditional Israeli dish. It’s easy to make and the results are spectacular (made this dish twice in one week).

Ingredients:

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 big onion cut into small pieces
  • 2-3 assorted peppers (red, green, yellow and orange), cut into small cubes
  • 8 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 6 tomatoes, cut into small cubes
  • 3 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 2-4 tablespoon chicken stock
  • 1/2-1 teaspoon cumin
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • 1-2 hot peppers (optional)
  • 6-8 eggs
  • 1/2 cup chopped parsley, for garnish

Directions:

  1. Heat the oil in a wide pan and stir-fry the onion and the peppers; add the garlic and continue stir-frying for 2 minutes.
  2. Add the tomatoes and cook, continuing to stir, for approx. 5 minutes.
  3. Add the tomato paste and cook, continuing to stir, for another 2 minutes.
  4. Add water, cumin, salt, pepper, and hot pepper, if using.
  5. One at a time, break the eggs into the simmering tomato sauce, spacing them evenly in the pan.
  6. Cover and cook for 10 minutes or less, until the eggs are cooked through to your liking.
  7. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

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