Recipe of the month

SALMON WITH CRUSHED NEW POTATOES, ROCKET AND LIME PESTO (SERVES 4)

Ingredients:

  • 800g new potatoes
  • 1 onion finely chopped
  • 2 tomatoes, deseeded and diced
  • 1 pepper red or yellow, finely chopped
  • some chervil (1 small bunch)
  • 2 tbsp. olive oil
  • 4 salmon thick steak

For the pesto:

  • 50g rocket
  • 50g pine nuts
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 1 juice of a lime
  • 6 tbsp. olive oil

 

How to make it:

  1. Make the pesto and set aside in the fridge
  2. Place all the ingredients in the food processor and whizz until sick puree
  3. Place the potatoes in water and bring them to boil and simmer for 15 minutes until tender.

Then…

  1. Drain and crush gently, combine with the onion, tomatoes, pepper, chervil and olive oil.
  2. Divide into four plates.
  3. Preheat a pan add the salmon, skin side down.
  4. Season and cook over a medium heat for 3 to 4minutes on each side.
  5. Place the filet on the top of the potatoes and drizzle the pesto and serve.