Donna Hay's crispy salmon with dill pickled onions
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- Makes4 servings
Photo, William Meppem.
This aromatic salmon recipe is from Donna Hay's cookbook, The New Easy.
Ingredients
1 tsp dried chili flakes
1 tsp sea salt
2 tsp sesame seeds
1 tsp dried mint
4 x 180g pieces salmon filet, skin on
extra virgin olive oil, for brushing
baby spinach, and extra dill sprigs, to serve
Dill pickled onions
2 red onions, finely sliced
1/3 cup (80mL) lemon juice
2 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar
1/2 cup fresh dill sprigs
sea salt and cracked black pepper
Instructions
To make the dill pickled onions, place the onion, lemon juice, sugar, dill and a generous amount of salt and pepper in a bowl and toss well to combine. Set aside.
Combine the chilli, salt, sesame and mint. Brush the salmon lightly with oil and sprinkle the flesh-side only with the spice mixture. Heat a large non-stick frying pan over high heat. Add the salmon, skin-side down, and cook for 5 minutes or until the skin is crispy. Turn the salmon and cook for a further 2-3 minutes or until cooked to your liking.
Divide the salmon between plates and top with the dill pickled onions. Toss the baby spinach leaves with a little of the pickling liquid and serve with the fish.