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Gallery Farfalle Pasta with Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese Recipe Summary prep: 10 mins total: 20 mins Servings: 4

Ingredients Ingredient Checklist 12 ounces farfalle (bow-tie pasta) Coarse salt and ground pepper 1 small red onion, quartered and thinly sliced 2 ounces bar cream cheese, cut into small pieces 1/4 cup fresh dill, coarsely chopped, or 1 teaspoon dried dill weed 2 tablespoons capers, drained and rinsed 4 ounces smoked salmon, cut into bite-size pieces

Gallery Farfalle Pasta with Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese

Recipe Summary prep: 10 mins total: 20 mins Servings: 4

Farfalle Pasta with Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese

Farfalle Pasta with Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese

Farfalle Pasta with Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese

Recipe Summary prep: 10 mins total: 20 mins Servings: 4

Recipe Summary

prep: 10 mins total: 20 mins

Servings: 4

prep: 10 mins

total: 20 mins

prep:

10 mins

total:

20 mins

Servings: 4

4

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 12 ounces farfalle (bow-tie pasta) Coarse salt and ground pepper 1 small red onion, quartered and thinly sliced 2 ounces bar cream cheese, cut into small pieces 1/4 cup fresh dill, coarsely chopped, or 1 teaspoon dried dill weed 2 tablespoons capers, drained and rinsed 4 ounces smoked salmon, cut into bite-size pieces

Directions

Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente, according to package instructions. Reserve 1/2 cup pasta water. Add onion to pot; immediately drain pasta mixture, and return to pot.

Add cream cheese, dill, capers, and salmon to pasta. Toss, adding reserved pasta water a little at a time to create a thin sauce that coats farfalle (you may not need all the water). Season lightly with salt and pepper. Serve.

Reviews (18)

 Add Rating & Review     124 Ratings   5 star values:        32    4 star values:        43    3 star values:        30    2 star values:        13    1 star values:        6

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Add Rating & Review     124 Ratings   5 star values:        32    4 star values:        43    3 star values:        30    2 star values:        13    1 star values:        6

Add Rating & Review

124 Ratings 5 star values: 32 4 star values: 43 3 star values: 30 2 star values: 13 1 star values: 6

124 Ratings 5 star values: 32 4 star values: 43 3 star values: 30 2 star values: 13 1 star values: 6

124 Ratings 5 star values: 32 4 star values: 43 3 star values: 30 2 star values: 13 1 star values: 6

  • 5 star values: 32 4 star values: 43 3 star values: 30 2 star values: 13 1 star values: 6

    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 5 stars       09/28/2019   Reading the other comments, I am curious if the other commenters used SMOKED SALMON when they made this dish. This is one of my favorite quick pastas to make and it is so luxurious while being simple. I grew up on canned salmon that my mom made into salmon patties and I had no idea that salmon could be preserved and smoked like fish bacon (everyone who grew up on lox and cream cheese is giggling at me). This dish does not use that canned Appalachian kitchen staple of my youth, but channels the flavors of that amazing bagel accompaniment. For those commenters who think you need to smother this dish with Parmesan or tomatoes, would you put a tomato sauce on your bagel with smoked salmon and cream cheese? Smoked salmon is not everyone’s glass of sweet tea, but the flavor is anything but bland and due to its high salinity, you barely need to season this dish (but if it does taste bland, salt it before you suggest smothering it Parmesan). I think it is a lovely recipe to keep in your repertoire for those times you need a fancy dinner pasta, but you literally only have time to boil pasta and throw together a quick salad.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       10/29/2015   That recipe is average at best. Add some tomato sauce. That's Pasta 101, Martha. Step it up.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 3 stars       12/28/2014   This was good and I've made it a couple of times. Quick pasta dish that I usually make when I have a lot of dill to use up.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 4 stars       06/13/2013   Simple. Delish. Couldn't have had a better recipe on-hand to try out, for an impromptu alfresco dinner. Prepared exactly, in no time at all. Served with lemon wedges and felt the little squeeze of citrus really perked up the flavor to perfection. Accompanied by a large bunch of arugula (simply dressed with lemon, oil, s&p), and will continue to do so - with, next to, on top of, whatever, it was perfect the food companion! Next, I'll try using my abundant chives (instead of onion), we'll see...  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 5 stars       02/04/2013   This was so good and surprisingly easy to make on a busy night. Just needed a few ingredients but a lot of flavor. I had a little leftover Pecorino Romano, which I shaved on top (with a vegetable pelt), Parmesan would of course also work. So delicious!  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       08/19/2012   Delicious! Made this for lunch. We were out of capers, so I substituted green peas, which worked fine and cut back on the sodium.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       12/31/2010   This is wonderful with steamed asparagus! And a little extra cheese on top didn't hurt. ;)  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       06/07/2010   haha OK I guess i've never had smoked salmon. thanks :)  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       06/07/2010   To itzdb2312 - you don't need to cook smoked salmon!  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       06/07/2010   this may be a stupid question but it didn't say how to cook the salmon? help! :)  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       06/07/2010   Try this by adding a little garlic, some frozen peas or tender asparagus and a little parmason cheese. If you have some fresh tomatoe, it will make it so delicious as well. This dish belongs among my favorites. Yummm!  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       03/11/2010   Very Good :)  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       01/29/2010   I just made this pasta dish and it was awesome! It tasted just like "panna" in Italy. I didn't have onion so instead i sauteed some broccoli florets in Dill, Oil  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       01/13/2010   I am so glad I found this recipe. I used the Boursin cheese, as suggested, and added some asparagus, too. I didn't have a red onion, so I added some sauteed leeks. Holy Mackerel!!! It was out of this world. Thanks for the suggestions, everyone.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       02/21/2009   I am going to use this recipe but add spinach and rotel tomatoes to it....we'll see what happens. we can't eat bland food but we love salmon!  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       04/29/2008   I have made this dish several times now. It is a simple, delicious dish. I like to add cooked, chopped asparagus to the pasta.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       04/16/2008   I had some boursin with garlic and herbs on hand and used that in place of the cream cheese. Now that's what I use, and I've made this recipe several times and love it!  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       04/04/2008   I was thinking this would be great, but it definitely was not. It was just bland and practically tasteless. I was so disappointed because I had such high hopes for my dinner. I have left-overs and will try to jazz it up by adding more ingredients, like more dill, some garlic, and maybe parmesan cheese. Usually Martha's recipes are terrific, but, in my estimation, this was not. Claudia

    Martha Stewart Member

    Rating: 5 stars 09/28/2019

Reading the other comments, I am curious if the other commenters used SMOKED SALMON when they made this dish. This is one of my favorite quick pastas to make and it is so luxurious while being simple. I grew up on canned salmon that my mom made into salmon patties and I had no idea that salmon could be preserved and smoked like fish bacon (everyone who grew up on lox and cream cheese is giggling at me). This dish does not use that canned Appalachian kitchen staple of my youth, but channels the flavors of that amazing bagel accompaniment. For those commenters who think you need to smother this dish with Parmesan or tomatoes, would you put a tomato sauce on your bagel with smoked salmon and cream cheese? Smoked salmon is not everyone’s glass of sweet tea, but the flavor is anything but bland and due to its high salinity, you barely need to season this dish (but if it does taste bland, salt it before you suggest smothering it Parmesan). I think it is a lovely recipe to keep in your repertoire for those times you need a fancy dinner pasta, but you literally only have time to boil pasta and throw together a quick salad.

Rating: 5 stars

Rating: Unrated 10/29/2015

That recipe is average at best. Add some tomato sauce. That’s Pasta 101, Martha. Step it up.

Rating: Unrated

Rating: 3 stars 12/28/2014

This was good and I’ve made it a couple of times. Quick pasta dish that I usually make when I have a lot of dill to use up.

Rating: 3 stars

Rating: 4 stars 06/13/2013

Simple. Delish. Couldn’t have had a better recipe on-hand to try out, for an impromptu alfresco dinner. Prepared exactly, in no time at all. Served with lemon wedges and felt the little squeeze of citrus really perked up the flavor to perfection. Accompanied by a large bunch of arugula (simply dressed with lemon, oil, s&p), and will continue to do so - with, next to, on top of, whatever, it was perfect the food companion! Next, I’ll try using my abundant chives (instead of onion), we’ll see…

Rating: 4 stars

Rating: 5 stars 02/04/2013

This was so good and surprisingly easy to make on a busy night. Just needed a few ingredients but a lot of flavor. I had a little leftover Pecorino Romano, which I shaved on top (with a vegetable pelt), Parmesan would of course also work. So delicious!

Rating: Unrated 08/19/2012

Delicious! Made this for lunch. We were out of capers, so I substituted green peas, which worked fine and cut back on the sodium.

Rating: Unrated 12/31/2010

This is wonderful with steamed asparagus! And a little extra cheese on top didn’t hurt. ;)

Rating: Unrated 06/07/2010

haha OK I guess i’ve never had smoked salmon. thanks :)

To itzdb2312 - you don’t need to cook smoked salmon!

this may be a stupid question but it didn’t say how to cook the salmon? help! :)

Try this by adding a little garlic, some frozen peas or tender asparagus and a little parmason cheese. If you have some fresh tomatoe, it will make it so delicious as well. This dish belongs among my favorites. Yummm!

Rating: Unrated 03/11/2010

Very Good :)

Rating: Unrated 01/29/2010

I just made this pasta dish and it was awesome! It tasted just like “panna” in Italy. I didn’t have onion so instead i sauteed some broccoli florets in Dill, Oil

Rating: Unrated 01/13/2010

I am so glad I found this recipe. I used the Boursin cheese, as suggested, and added some asparagus, too. I didn’t have a red onion, so I added some sauteed leeks. Holy Mackerel!!! It was out of this world. Thanks for the suggestions, everyone.

Rating: Unrated 02/21/2009

I am going to use this recipe but add spinach and rotel tomatoes to it….we’ll see what happens. we can’t eat bland food but we love salmon!

Rating: Unrated 04/29/2008

I have made this dish several times now. It is a simple, delicious dish. I like to add cooked, chopped asparagus to the pasta.

Rating: Unrated 04/16/2008

I had some boursin with garlic and herbs on hand and used that in place of the cream cheese. Now that’s what I use, and I’ve made this recipe several times and love it!

Rating: Unrated 04/04/2008

I was thinking this would be great, but it definitely was not. It was just bland and practically tasteless. I was so disappointed because I had such high hopes for my dinner. I have left-overs and will try to jazz it up by adding more ingredients, like more dill, some garlic, and maybe parmesan cheese. Usually Martha’s recipes are terrific, but, in my estimation, this was not. Claudia

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