Baked Salmon

bermur | 20:17 Mon 04th Nov 2013 | Recipes

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Would like a recipe for a baked salmon - whole. Dont know much about fish cookery. What is the salmon served with and is there any kind of stuffing I can make for it

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Caribeing

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Cook salmon wrapped in tinfoil with butter and lemon according to taste in oven, serve with creamy mashed potato and broad beans, delicious and simple. Also great served as a salad with baked potatoes coleslaw and other salad items.

21:42 Mon 04th Nov 2013

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Buenchico

To avoid the risk of drying the fish out, I'd say that foil is essential. The BBC Good Food website is in full agreement:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/cookingawholesalmon_1916

Salmon is (compared with many white fish) very full-flavoured and I wouldn't want to attempt any type of stuffing with it. However a sharp-flavoured sauce goes well with it. The one suggested here refers to poached salmon but you can use it just as well with baked salmon:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/poached_salmon_with_17869

Salmon is best served simply with some good-quality boiled new potatoes. Charlotte potatoes are an excellent choice. Then just add something green, such as sliced green beans or broccoli. (If it was the asparagus season I'd suggest that but the canned or frozen stuff is nowhere as good as the fresh produce).

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237SJ

You don`t need to do a lot with salmon as it`s an oily fish. I just chuck a load of piri piri sauce over it but that is extremely hot and not to everyone`s taste. You could do it with a herb crust - there will be lots of recipes on the internet.

starone

I love salmon and this has given me some ideas for when I get visitors. I have tried it with some breadcrumbs, herbs, lemon juice and a little olive oil to bind them together all wrapped in foil. Yummy, my mouth is watering just thinking about it.

starone

Sorry, I should have said baked in the oven at 200 degrees for about twenty minutes, 180 if it is a fan assisted oven.

Buenchico

>>>baked in the oven at 200 degrees for about twenty minutes, 180 if it is a fan assisted oven

I'd go along with that for salmon steaks, Starone, but I think that it might leave Bermur's fish somewhat underdone. He/she wants to cook a whole salmon!

DTCwordfan

Salmon - so versatile and a resilient fish if you are 5 minutes over, let the fish rest a wee bit after cooking.

Here's one of my favs:

3 chipotle chilis chopped finely, or 4 sppons of a chili/chipotle/rapsberry sauce...(Fischers for example from Texas).
2 tablespoons of apricot jam or preserves
1 1/4 teaspoons of red wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
Vegetable oil
2x6- to 8 ounce salmon fillets with skin on.
1 15-ounce can hominy, (corn) drained, a little of the juice reserved
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro

Preheat oven to 450°F - 230C.

Using back of spoon, press enough chipotles through fine sieve into small bowl to measure 2 teaspoons puree or take out the equiv of the Fischers.

Mix the puree, jam, vinegar, and cumin in bowl; season glaze to taste with salt.

Coat small rimmed baking sheet with nonstick veg spray or a wee coat of veg oil.

.Arrange salmon on sheet; sprinkle with salt and black pepper. Spread half of glaze over each fillet.

Roast until just opaque in center, about 10 minutes, let rest for about 5 to 10 mins.

Meanwhile, purée hominy sweetcorn and 3 tablespoons reserved juice in mini processor until almost smooth.

Transfer to small frying pan.

Add butter and cilantro. Stir over medium heat until warmed through, mixing in more reserved juice by teaspoonfuls if too thick.

Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Divide the corn mix between 2 plates, top with salmon, and serve.

Some spinach, watercress, maybe new spuds works well and a nice bottle of a NZ Sauv Blanc........mmmmm