ROAST SALMON WITH A HERB JACKET
– Very seldom does one invent a dish this good – quite possibly the best salmon dish I have ever tasted and we eat A LOT of salmon!!! Here is the recipe and process:
– Start with a fresh, center-cut filet of salmon (aprox.1lb for two people.)
SAUCE:
– Mix a generous Tbs of e.v. olive oil with your herbs:
1/4 tsp of black pepper
1/2 tsp each of:
– herbs de Provence
– cilantro
– garlic & herb steak seasoning
(very salty!)
– lemon zest
1 tsp each of:
– minced garlic paste
– dijon mustard
1 Tbs each of:
– basil (stir in paste)
– mayonnaise
– fresh lemon juice
2 Tbs of grass-fed butter
(Taste for seasoning – If needed, add a touch more basil paste or lemon juice.)
GARNISH
1 Tbs of Capers
INSTRUCTIONS
– Pre-heat oven to 375* F.
– Place salmon skin side down on two 1/8” pats of butter.
– Coat the top of salmon with room temp. Butter.
– Spread your herb sauce evenly over the buttered salmon.
– Roast salmon for 13 minutes in the oven (middle shelf).
– Remove fish and divide down the middle vertically into two servings – separate to give some air to the center.
– Garnish with capers
– Return the fish back into the oven to bake for 5 more minutes (same temp.)
– Remove, plate, pour butter from the pan over the fish.
(Our fish was easy to transfer, we left the skin on the foil lining.
Mashed potatoes were our side dish and we paired the meal with a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc (Whitehaven Marlborough 2019). The wine was quite good!
Try this recipe out for a date night, or to serve to guests.
The fish was cooked evenly top to bottom, and melted in the mouth. The sauce topping each bite was flavorful and enhanced a perfectly cooked fish.
Let us know if you try it!
Jack Atkinson – Editor
Steps in cooking the fish.
