Easy mustard and dill salmon with new potatoes and asparagus
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Easy
- May 2016

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Serves 4
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Hands-on time 25 min
Sometimes simplicity really is best and this classic spring combination of salmon, asparagus and new potatoes is a perfect example. Make this dish as a seasonal midweek meal in spring, or to spoil your mum on Mother’s Day.
Or, how about this tasty traybake of pancetta-wrapped salmon with griddled asparagus?
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Gluten-free recipes
- Calories
- 565kcals
- Fat
- 32.9g (9.9g saturated)
- Protein
- 33g
- Carbohydrates
- 31.8g (5.3g sugars)
- Fibre
- 4.9g
- Salt
- 0.4g
Ingredients
- 750g jersey royal or new potatoes, halved if large
- 200g asparagus spears, tough ends trimmed
- 200ml soured cream
- Small bunch fresh dill, roughly chopped
- 2 tsp dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 4 sustainable salmon fillets, skin on
Method
- Heat the oven to 200°C/ 180°C fan/gas 6. Fill a large pan with boiling water and put a steamer with a lid on top. Steam the potatoes for 15-20 minutes until tender, adding the asparagus for the last 5 minutes (less time if the stalks are particularly thin).
- Meanwhile, mix the soured cream, dill and dijon mustard in a small bowl with a pinch of salt and pepper and set aside.
- Heat the olive oil in a large non-stick frying pan. Fry the salmon, skin-side down, for 4 minutes, then gently turn and cook for 4 minutes more or until cooked through. Set aside and keep warm. Pour the sauce into the pan and gently warm through for a minute – don’t let it boil. Serve the fish with the steamed vegetables, then pour the sauce over the fish.
delicious. tips
Roast the potatoes in the oven until crisp, adding the asparagus for the last 10 minutes or so.
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