Salmon with bacon, sweetcorn and crushed potatoes

  • Portion size: Serves 2
  • Hands-on time 25 min
  • Difficulty: easy
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Inspired by a classic corn chowder, pan-fried salmon is topped with a creamy sauce of salty bacon and sweetcorn. Served with crushed potatoes flecked with fresh spring onions, this dish is pure comfort – and ready in under half an hour.

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Ingredients

  • 500g new potatoes
  • 80g bacon lardons
  • 2 salmon fillets (about 260g)
  • 100ml white wine
  • 100g chicken or vegetable stock
  • 80g tinned sweetcorn, drained (drained weight)
  • 80ml double cream
  • Knob of unsalted butter
  • 3 spring onions, finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp chopped dill
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Method

  1. Bring a pan of salted water to the boil. Halve the new potatoes and cook them in the boiling water for 15 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, put the lardons in a frying pan, then cook over a low-medium heat for 3-5 minutes until crisp. Push them to the side and add the salmon, skin side down. Cook for 4 minutes until the skin is crisp and golden, then gently lift out the salmon and set aside.
  3. Add the wine and stock to the pan and bring to a simmer. Let it bubble for around 3 minutes until reduced by half, then stir in the sweetcorn and double cream and return the salmon to the pan, skin-side up. The skin should be above the sauce, keeping it nice and crisp. Cook for a few minutes over a medium heat until the liquid has reduced slightly into a nice spoon-coating sauce. Taste and season with cracked black pepper – it may not need salt due to the reduced stock and cured bacon. Keep warm over a very low heat.
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  5. Drain the potatoes and use a potato masher to roughly crush them with the butter, spring onions and a pinch of salt and pepper. Divide between bowls and top with the salmon. Stir the dill into the sauce and drizzle over the top.

Nutrition

  • 914kcals Calories
  • 56.9g (22.9g saturated) Fat
  • 44.5g Protein
  • 43.8g (6.2g sugars) Carbs
  • 6g Fibre
  • 1.6g Salt

Quick wins & tips

Add lardons to the pan when it’s cold and then gradually bring up the heat – this allows the fat to render out before the exterior dries out. The salmon then cooks in all the lovely rendered fat.

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