Roasted salmon cooked in butter
Melt-in-the-mouth flaky salmon cooked in a bath of butter served with all the best flavourings - onion, lemon, capers and a sprinkling of fresh herbs
Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 45 g butter
- ½ a lemon
- 1 shallot
- 1 tbsp capers
- 30 ml olive oil
- 2 salmon fillets
- 3 sprigs of dill
- Handful of basil leaves
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/350°F. Put the salmon fillets skin down on your baking tray and season with salt and black pepper.
- Melt the butter in a small saucepan, preferably one without a non-stick base so you can clearly see the butter’s colour. As it melts, finely slice your lemon and the shallot. Rinse the capers.
- Once the butter is sizzling add the lemon and shallot slices, toss them in the butter and cook for a couple of minutes, until the butter starts to brown. Add the capers and cook for a further minute. Stir in the oil, season, then pour it all over the salmon fillets.
- Put the tray of buttery salmon in the oven and cook for 15 minutes, until the salmon is opaque and the centre is just cooked through.
- Garnish the fish with dill and basil, and serve with potatoes and maybe some pickled red onions.