Air fryer lemon salmon with honey new potatoes

Portion size: Serves 2
Prep time 10 min. Cook time 24 min
Difficulty: easy

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Learn how to make lemon salmon fillets with perfect texture in your air fryer. Serve them with new potatoes in a honey dressing for a delicious dinner that’s packed with delightful flavours and textures – and ready in about half an hour.

Why it’s so good: Cooking the salmon fillets in a parcel (en papillotte) with lemon steams the fish gently, keeping it tender and giving it a refreshing zestiness.
How to oven cook: No air fryer? No problem. This salmon dish can be cooked easily in the oven, all on one tray. Cook the potatoes at 200ºC/180ºC fan/gas 6, adding the salmon halfway through. It might need cooking for an extra 5-10 minutes, depending on your oven.

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Ingredients

400g new potatoes, halved
2 tsp olive oil
½ tsp cumin seeds
½ lemon
2 salmon fillets (about 125g each)
½ tsp sumac
2 handfuls rocket to serve

For the dressing

1 garlic clove, roughly chopped
½ preserved lemon, seeds removed and chopped
1 tsp cider vinegar
1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
¼ tsp runny honey

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Method

Toss the potatoes with the oil and cumin seeds, then add to the air fryer basket and cook at 200ºC for 12 minutes. As they cook, slice the lemon into wheels and place them on a large sheet of baking paper to make a base for the salmon to sit on. Put the salmon fillets on top, sprinkle with the sumac, season with salt and pepper and bring the edges of the baking paper together to loosely enclose the fish, folding over the edges several times to create a sealed parcel
Once the 12 minutes is up, stir the potatoes, then sit the parcel on top and cook for 10-12 minutes more. (If you have an air fryer with 2 baskets, you can cook the potatoes and fish separately.)
As the salmon cooks, make the dressing. Put the garlic and preserved lemon in a mortar and grind ito a smooth(ish) paste with a mortar. Stir in the vinegar, oil and honey briskly, then season with salt and pepper.
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When the potatoes are cooked, toss with the dressing. Serve with the salmon and a handful of rocket.