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Italian Poached Salmon

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Soft, flavourful and healthy, this poached salmon is a delicious meal to have for dinner. Serve it with a potato salad and voilá.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Resting Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 2
Calories 800 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 chopping board
  • 1 chopping knife
  • 1 small bowl
  • 1 baking dish
  • kitchen foil
  • 1 small pot
  • 1 medium sized bowl
  • 2 tablespoons

Ingredients
  

Ingredients for the Poached Salmon

  • 2 slices salmon
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • 2 handfuls fresh or frozen parsley
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 tbsp Belmorso Extra Virgin Olive Oil, or Novello if in season
  • 3 tbsp white wine

Ingredients for Quick Potato Salad

  • 10 brussels sprouts
  • 1 large potato or 2/3 smaller about 400 gr
  • Belmorso EVOO
  • salt and pepper
  • mayonnaise

Instructions
 

  • Peel, wash and cut your potatoes into large chunks.
    peeling potatoes for potato salad
  • Add the potatoes to cook in a small pot.
    cooking potatoes in water
  • I am using some brussels sprouts we cooked the day before, but if you don't have any pre-cooked, go ahead and wash them and boil them along your potatoes.
  • Peel and finely chop your garlic. Add to a bowl.
    peeling garlic
  • Finely chop your parsley and add it with the garlic.
    chopping garlic and parsley for fish
  • Wash your salmon and lay each slice on an individual sheet of cooking foil.
  • Generously season each slice with salt and pepper.
    seasoning salmon
  • Top each slice with half of the garlic parsley mix; spread evenly across the entire slice.
    topping salmon with garlic and parsley
  • Drizzle each slice with Belmorso EVOO.
    drizzle EVOO on salmon
  • Add the white wine on top.
    pouring white wine on salmon
  • Close the foil surround each slice of salmon, and bake in the oven for 40 minutes. I pre-heated mine for 10 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius.
    poached salmon in foil ready to bake
  • In the meantime, you can wash the dishes and finish preparing your salad.
  • To make the salad simply add the potatoes and brussels sprouts in a bowl, season with salt and pepper, drizzle with Belmorso EVOO and add two teaspoons mayonnaise.
    making potatoes and brussels sprouts salad
  • Once your poached salmon is ready, you can serve it with the salad you just made. Buon appetito; it's delicious and nutritious.
    serving poached salmon with potato salad

Notes

If you are short on time, feel free to skip the 30 minutes marinating time in the fridge and cook your salmon right away. That will cut down the total time for this recipe to 45 minutes.
Keyword healthy, olive oil, poached, salmon, white wine