Salmon with Fresh Sorrel Sauce
Sorrel is a tart, slightly sour spring herb. You can substitute watercress or arugula, if you'd like. The bread helps thicken the sorrel sauce for a consistency that is similar to pesto.
Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1 fillet and 2 tablespoons sorrel sauce)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 315
- Calories from fat: 45%
- Fat: 15.8g
- Saturated fat: 3.4g
- Monounsaturated fat: 6.1g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 5g
- Protein: 37.8g
- Carbohydrate: 3.8g
- Fiber: 1.2g
- Cholesterol: 87mg
- Iron: 1.8mg
- Sodium: 437mg
- Calcium: 53mg
Ingredients
- Sauce:
- 1 cup coarsely chopped fresh parsley
- 1 cup chopped sorrel
- 2/3 cup water
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh chives
- 1/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted
- 1 tablespoon capers
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 (1-ounce) slice white bread
- Fish:
- 8 (6-ounce) salmon fillets (about 1 inch thick)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- Cooking spray
Preparation
- To prepare sauce, combine first 10 ingredients in a food processor; process until smooth.
- Preheat broiler.
- To prepare fish, sprinkle fish with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Place fish on a broiler pan coated with cooking spray; broil 10 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. Serve fish with sorrel sauce.
Note:
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Salmon with Fresh Sorrel Sauce Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Main Dishes
- CONVENIENCE: Entertaining
- CUISINE: American
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Fish
- COOKING METHOD: Food Processor, Broil
- OCCASION: Spring, Easter
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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