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Salmon with buttered leeks and yuzu dressing

10 ratings

A quick everyday dish, but good enough to impress. The yuzu dressing gives it a wonderfully fresh citrus flavour.

Ingredients

  • 25g/1oz butter
  • 4 small leeks, washed and thinly sliced
  • 4 x 125g/4½oz salmon fillets, skin removed

For the yuzu dressing

  • 2cm/¾in piece fresh root ginger, peeled and grated
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1 small red chilli, seeds removed and very finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp yuzu juice
  • 4 tbsp light olive oil
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper

To garnish

  • small bunch coriander, leaves only
  • pink radishes, thinly sliced using a vegetable peeler

Method

  1. Preheat the oven 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.

  2. Heat the butter in a large frying pan over a medium–high heat. Add the leeks and fry for a few minutes. Lower the heat and cook for 15 minutes or until soft but not coloured. Tip into an ovenproof dish or roasting tin.

  3. Put the ginger, garlic, chilli, yuzu juice, oil and salt and pepper into a bowl and stir. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the dressing. Sit the salmon fillets on top of the leeks, season with salt and pepper and spoon the dressing over so the ginger and chilli is on top.

  4. Bake for 12–15 minutes, or until the fish is just cooked.

  5. Toss the coriander and radishes in the reserved dressing. Spoon the leeks on to plates and top with the salmon. Pile the radish and coriander on top of the salmon.

Recipe Tips

The fish and leeks can be assembled up to 6 hours ahead ready to go in the oven. Simply pour the dressing over just before cooking.