The haze had still persisted over the weekend and none of us felt like going out. On days like these, I was glad to be able to dig various things out from the kitchen shelves and create a nice warm meal of quick, easy and nutritious salmon pasta for the family. 

Below is an easy recipe adapted for the airfryer. You can also adapt it using whatever you find in your kitchen - mushrooms, carrots, basil or thyme leaves, minced meat, etc. Have fun! :)

Serves 4

Ingredients

Tomato Sauce

380ml tomato pasta sauce (I use Barilla Ricotta sauce for the added cheesy taste)

80ml water

3 garlic cloves, chopped

1 large onion, chopped

2 tomatoes, sliced

1 tsp of olive oil

Pasta

1 packet of pasta

Water for boiling the pasta

pinch of salt

Salmon

200g salmon fillet

2 slices of lemon

Dash of pepper

2 fresh rosemary sprigs, chopped

Directions

1. Preheat airfryer at 160 degrees for 3 min.

2. Using a cooking dish that fits your airfryer, saute the garlic in olive oil using the airfryer at 160 degrees for another 3 min. The garlic will turn golden brown.

3. Add onions, tomatoes and the tomato pasta sauce into the cooking dish. Retrieve the remaining pasta sauce from the bottle by pouring the water into the sauce bottle. Add into the cooking dish as well. Continue to cook them in airfryer at 160 degrees for another 5 min, 

4. Meanwhile, in a separate pot, boil some water. Adding the pasta and salt, cook the pasta for 7 min or until al dente.

5. In the airfryer, cook the salmon in rosemary (see recipe here). 

6. When cooked, break up the salmon into pieces, at the same time checking for bones - if any. 

7. Apportion the pasta, salmon and sauce into 4 serving bowls.

7. Generously sprinkle the grated cheese, such that it fills up the top of the bowl. 

8. Airfry at 200 degrees 2 min to melt the cheese. Then another 180 degrees for 2 min, and 160 degrees 4 min to brown the edges. Enjoy! 

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Ever wondered if you can make pasta sauce or perhaps cream soup in the airfryer? This post proves that you certainly can.

I now ask him to give me one food project on the airfryer every weekend. I love testing the limits of this machine. As I had been making too much desserts recently, for this weekend, he wanted me to try a pasta - baked pasta or creamy pasta. To be honest, I felt quite jittery. I have always been making cakes and pastries, but I am a beginner at pastas. Googling about whether anyone had made creamy pasta using the airfryer turned out with almost NIL results. Nevertheless, I decided to give this experiment a try. Well, if all else fails, I would learn what cannot be done in an airfryer. Nothing to lose, right? :)

Eventually, making the carbonara sauce in the airfryer turned out okay! Actually, this is a good option for a busy/lazy persons like me, as the same 6 inch saucepan that was placed in the airfryer can be placed on the dining table too. No need to wash another wok.

Here are the steps and some tips. Enjoy!

  

Recipe

Yield: 2 to 3 servings

3. Add the mushrooms. Continue to airfry at 140 degrees for about 3 mins.

4. Add the carbonara sauce, water and seasoning, and mix well. Airfry at 150 degrees for 18 min. Stir occasionally.

Tip: The airfryer dries the sauce out quite fast, so don't omit the water.

4. The carbonara sauce is all ready.

The best part here is that I can bring this saucepan to the dining table and serve. No need to wash a separate wok! :)

 

Spaghetti  (There is no shortcut about it. You have to boil it, not airfry :P)

1. Boil the water with a little salt.

2. When the water boils, add the spaghetti in and boil until al dente for 8 min (or according to the timing on your packaging).

3. The spaghetti is now ready.

Final Steps

1. Pour the sauce into the cooked pasta, and mix well. You may add garnishings (e.g. chopped parsley). You are now ready to serve! :)

Other Variations

A) Non vegetarian option, with egg 

1. Put some (cooked) spaghetti with carbonara sauce into a plate. Add the egg.

2. Cover with aluminium foil (with some holes) to prevent the pasta from drying out.

3. Airfry at 180 degrees for 10min.

(Just for fun, I separated the yolk from the whites - but no problem, you can add the full egg in together.)

B) Baked Pasta

1. Put some (cooked) spaghetti with carbonara sauce into a bowl. Add a layer of grated cheese.

2.  Airfry at 200 degrees for 4 min to melt the cheese, and 160 degrees for another 2 min to brown the edges. Enjoy!



>> You can also refer to this post for the Baked Rice settings.

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