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Cider-poached salmon with dill


Cider-poached salmon with dill

Ingredients

2 x 500g tail-end fillets salmon, boned, with skin on (ask your fishmonger to remove scales)

½ bunch parsley, roughly chopped

½ bunch dill, roughly chopped

1 lemon, sliced

3 bay leaves

750ml/1¼ pints medium-sweet cider

You will need:

kitchen string, soaked in water, and some kitchen foil


Poaching in cider cuts through the richness of the fish


In short
Preparation time:
15 mins
Cooking time:
45 mins
Total time:
60 mins
Serves:
8 people
Course:
Main

Nutrition (per portion)
  • 259 calories
  • 14g fat (2g saturates)
  • 2g carbs

Method

1 Preheat oven to gas mark 6/200˚C (190˚C in a fan oven). Place one salmon fillet, skin side down, on a surface and scatter over parsley, dill and a few slices of lemon. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper, then put other fillet on top, skin side up. Firmly secure fillets together with string.

2 Sit salmon in a roasting tin, add remaining ingredients, plus 250ml/9fl oz hot water, cover with a tent of foil and put in oven for 30 mins. Turn salmon over and cook for a further 15 mins or till cooked through. Remove from cooking liquid, transfer to a plate, and leave to cool before serving.


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