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Warm Crispy Salmon Salad

Warm Crispy Salmon Salad

This simple warm salad celebrates the best of British summer veg and it’s on the table in under 30 minutes. Don’t stress if you’re not used to cooking fish: salmon has a higher healthy fat content than white fish so it can cope with being slightly under- or overcooked. The pan-fried crispy skin adds a fantastic extra texture to the salad.

INGREDIENTS

SERVES: 4

670 calories per serving

1 fennel bulb, tough outer layer removed, thinly sliced

8 asparagus spears, trimmed of woody ends and finely shaved with a vegetable peeler or mandoline

8 radishes, finely sliced

4 salmon fillets, skin on, about 180g each

 

For the salad

30g plain flour, for dusting

1 tbsp olive oil

250g tenderstem broccoli

250g fine green beans, trimmed

200ml water

1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

200g frozen peas

Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

 

For the dressing

4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

1 tsp Dijon mustard

Juice of 1 lemon

2 tbsp roughly chopped dill

METHOD

1: Put the fennel, asparagus and radishes into a bowl of cold water with a handful of ice added and leave to crisp up for 10 minutes or so.

2: Season each salmon fillet with salt and pepper and dust both sides with flour. Heat the olive oil in a large non-stick frying pan over a medium-high heat. Place the salmon skin side down in the pan and hold down with a spatula for 30 seconds or so. Cook, without moving, for 7–8 minutes.

3: Meanwhile, put the broccoli and beans into a sauté pan with the water and extra-virgin oil. Season well with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil and cook over a medium heat, moving the veg around so they cook evenly. When the liquid has almost all evaporated, add the frozen peas. Once the peas are cooked, remove from the heat and drain off any excess water.

4: When you can see that the skin on the fish is crispy, flip the salmon fillets over and cook for 2 minutes on the other side. Remove from the heat and leave to rest while you make the dressing.

5: Whisk the dressing ingredients together in a bowl and pour over the warm veg in the pan. Drain the fennel, asparagus and radishes and add to them the pan. Toss to mix and season with salt and pepper to taste.

6: Divide the warm salad between serving plates and top each portion with a salmon fillet, crisped skin up, to serve.

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INGREDIENTS

SERVES: 4

670 calories per serving

1 fennel bulb, tough outer layer removed, thinly sliced

8 asparagus spears, trimmed of woody ends and finely shaved with a vegetable peeler or mandoline

8 radishes, finely sliced

4 salmon fillets, skin on, about 180g each

 

For the salad

30g plain flour, for dusting

1 tbsp olive oil

250g tenderstem broccoli

250g fine green beans, trimmed

200ml water

1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

200g frozen peas

Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

 

For the dressing

4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

1 tsp Dijon mustard

Juice of 1 lemon

2 tbsp roughly chopped dill

METHOD

1: Put the fennel, asparagus and radishes into a bowl of cold water with a handful of ice added and leave to crisp up for 10 minutes or so.

2: Season each salmon fillet with salt and pepper and dust both sides with flour. Heat the olive oil in a large non-stick frying pan over a medium-high heat. Place the salmon skin side down in the pan and hold down with a spatula for 30 seconds or so. Cook, without moving, for 7–8 minutes.

3: Meanwhile, put the broccoli and beans into a sauté pan with the water and extra-virgin oil. Season well with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil and cook over a medium heat, moving the veg around so they cook evenly. When the liquid has almost all evaporated, add the frozen peas. Once the peas are cooked, remove from the heat and drain off any excess water.

4: When you can see that the skin on the fish is crispy, flip the salmon fillets over and cook for 2 minutes on the other side. Remove from the heat and leave to rest while you make the dressing.

5: Whisk the dressing ingredients together in a bowl and pour over the warm veg in the pan. Drain the fennel, asparagus and radishes and add to them the pan. Toss to mix and season with salt and pepper to taste.

6: Divide the warm salad between serving plates and top each portion with a salmon fillet, crisped skin up, to serve.

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