Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Baked Salmon with Dijon and Garlic

This delicious recipe is from Natasha's Kitchen which I stumbled across when I googled baked salmon.

Ingredients

600 gm salmon 
2 Tbsp fresh parsley, finely chopped
2 large OR 3 small cloves of garlic, chopped finely
1.5 tsp Dijon mustard 
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1/8 cup mild olive oil
2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice 
Oven at 200° C

Steps

  1. Mix the above ingredients together in a bowl. Make sure the garlic is pretty finely chopped. It gets kind of thick and paste-y.
  2. Put the salmon skin-side down (if it has skin) into a baking dish that has been lined with foil.
  3. Brush the paste onto the top and sides of the salmon. It stays on pretty well because of how thick it is and we skipped the lemon slice on top part from the original recipe because it looked really pretty without it as well.
  4. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes. (The original recipe uses the oven at 230° C and bakes it for 12 to 15 minutes but we always make this with the brassica extravaganza and that cooks at 200, so its just easier to cook the fish a wee bit longer.)
  5. Man, its delicious.