Pan-fried salmon with fresh tomato pesto
Pan-fried salmon with fresh tomato pesto

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Pan sear salmon and top with a pleasantly salty and spicy olive and tomato pesto. Top with additional fresh basil and serve with cooked pasta and pepperoncini peppers, if desired. Jamie has a super simple and healthy salmon recipe the perfect, tasty mid-week meal.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pan-fried salmon with fresh tomato pesto using 6 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Pan-fried salmon with fresh tomato pesto:
  1. Take 2 centre-cut salmon fillets, deboned and descaled
  2. Take Large handful fresh basil leaves (about 28 g)
  3. Take 1 pkg (284 g) miniature San Marzano tomatoes
  4. Take 1 large clove garlic, chopped
  5. Make ready 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
  6. Prepare 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Lay the salmon on the green beans, and spread on the pesto. Fold the parchment paper over the salmon, and cinch. Pan fried salmon with tender asparagus and courgette. Pan fried salmon with tender asparagus and courgette served on a bed of couscous mixed through with a sweet tomato salsa.

Instructions to make Pan-fried salmon with fresh tomato pesto:
  1. Add a splash of veg oil to a large pan on medium-high heat. Lay the salmon fillets in, skin-side down. Let fry for 3 to 4 minutes, depending on their thickness, then flip and fry for the same amount of time on the other side. While you're waiting to flip the salmon, whip up the sauce.
  2. Place the basil, tomatoes, garlic and pepper flakes in a food processor and blitz until it's a chunky liquid. Add a good pinch of salt and a few grinds of black pepper, as well as the olive oil. Blitz a few seconds more until the sauce thickens and emulsifies.
  3. Put a ladle full of sauce on a plate and lay the salmon on top, crispy skin up. The fish will warm up the sauce slightly. Serve additional sauce on the side (trust me, it'll be in demand).

Generously season the salmon fillets with salt and pepper. For the salmon, heat the oil in an ovenproof frying pan until smoking and add the salmon, skin-side down. To serve, pile the wilted spinach onto a serving plate and top with the seared salmon. Spoon the roasted cherry tomatoes alongside, then drizzle over the pesto dressing. Get out your forks, people, this is going to be a great one!

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