Herb Baked Salmon

By á-25087

This baked salmon is so simple and easy but elegant enough to serve to company. Enjoy!

Ingredients

• 2 Salmon fillets, boneless and with skin
• Small handful mint, finely chopped
• Small handful continental parsley, finely chopped
• Small handful coriander, finely chopped
• Small handful basil, finely chopped
• 1/2 red chilli, finely chopped
• 1 lemon
• Salt and pepper

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400˚ farenheit.

In a small bowl mix mint, parsley, coriander, basil and chilli until combined.

Take one of the salmon fillets and place it skin side down (it is important that you keep the skin on the salmon for cooking or the fish will dry out). Top with herb and chilli mixture and then add salt and pepper to taste. Place the second salmon fillet skin side up on top of the first and tie together with kitchen string.

Line a baking dish with parchment paper. Place three slices of lemon on the paper. Place the fish in the baking dish making sure it sits on top of the lemon slices. Top the fish with two additional lemon slices and add a squeeze of lemon over the top.

Place in the oven and bake for about 40 - 50 minutes until the salmon is cooked (depending on the size of your fillets - because they are on top of each other they take longer to bake through the center).

Once cooked, remove from oven and cut off the kitchen string. Now, I am a lover of salmon skin so I would always leave it on but if you don't like eating the skin, remove it now and serve with vegetables or a salad.