Salmon With A Pine Nut Crust
Total Time: 35 mins
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 4
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs, fresh
- 1/2 cup pine nuts
- 4 salmon fillets or 4 steaks
- 1 1/2 tablespoons dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon shallot, minced fine
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup cold butter
- 1 teaspoon minced dill (fresh)
- salt and pepper
Recipe
- 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f (170c).
- 2 spread the breadcrumbs and pine nuts in a baking dish and bake for 10 minutes. (chopped almonds may be used in place of the pine nuts.).
- 3 wash the salmon fillets.
- 4 pat dry, and brush with the dijon mustard.
- 5 sprinkle the bread crumb mixture over the salmon steaks, pressing to adhere to the fish.
- 6 heat the oil, butter and shallot in oven-proof skillet over medium-high heat.
- 7 add salmon, crumb-side down and cook until golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes.
- 8 turn fish over.
- 9 transfer skillet to oven.
- 10 bake 8 to 10 minutes more, until cooked.
- 11 for the sauce: reduce the lemon juice in a saucepan to 1 teaspoon.
- 12 add the heavy cream and boil until slightly thickened.
- 13 whisk in the butter until smooth. add the fresh dill.
- 14 season to taste with salt and pepper.
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