Warm Salmon and Potato Salad
Serves: 1. Prep and serve: 20-30 mins.
INGREDIENTS:
- 150g Salmon Fillet
- 2-3 Cherry tomatoes
- 3-4 new potatoes
- 1 egg
- A large handful of watercress leaves.
- Oil for frying/grilling
Dressing:
- 3 tsp olive oil
- 2 tsp wholegrain mustard
- 2 tsp lemon juice (I use a bottled variety)
- 2 tsp agave nectar
- Salt and ground black pepper
METHOD:
- Clean then cut the new potatoes in half. Now cook the potatoes–steam or boil them.
- As the potatoes are cooking, mix the dressing ingredients in a bowl, taste and adjust to your personal taste if necessary, then put to one side.
- Cut the cherry tomatoes in half.
- Cook the egg so it is hard-boiled (takes 7 minutes), crack the shell (but don’t remove the shell) and leave the egg to cool slightly in the shell.
- When the potatoes are cooked, take off the heat and keep warm.
- Just before, or after, the potatoes have cooked, cook the salmon and tomatoes-grill or pan fry as follows:
To grill the salmon:
- Grease the grill plate.
- Preheat the grill then place the salmon, skin-side-down, on the grill.
- Place the tomatoes next to the salmon so they cook at the same time and remove when they become soft.
- Leave the salmon undisturbed, until it just starts to turn a paler colour and/or the flesh flakes easily-10 to 15 minutes for most 1-inch-thick fillets.
- Allow another 10 minutes for each extra inch of thickness. Do not turn the salmon.
To pan fry the salmon:
- Add 2 teaspoons of oil to a frying pan then warm over a medium-high heat.
- Place the salmon, skin-side up in the pan.
- Place the tomatoes, cut side down, next to the salmon so they cook at the same time – remove the tomatoes when they become soft.
- Continue to cook the salmon until golden brown on 1 side for about 4 minutes.
- Turn the fish over with a spatula, and cook until it feels firm to the touch and the skin is crisp. The salmon is cooked whenl the flesh starts to turn a paler colour and/or the flesh flakes easily.
Finally:
- As the salmon is cooking, put the potatoes, tomatoes, watercress and dressing in a bowl and toss gently.
- Then put it on a plate along with the boiled egg (cut in half).
- Then add the cooked salmon to the plate.
