Chraimeh Salmon and Greens Traybake
A simply traybake of green vegetables, salmon fillets and Ottolenghi's Chraimeh sauce
Ingredients
Chraimeh Sauce
- 1 tbsp fennel seeds, toasted
- 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil or any neutral flavoured oil
- 3 tbsp paprika
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 3-4 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 tbsp tomato paste
- 2 tsp honey
- 1/2 lemon, juice of alternatively lime
- 1/2 tsp salt
Salmon Traybake
- 4 salmon fillets alternatively trout
- 200g tenderstem brocolli
- 150g green beans, trimmed
- 2 baby fennel bulbs, sliced
- 3cm fresh ginger, grated
- 1 chilli, sliced
- 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
- ½ lemon, juiced
- ½ tsp honey
- 1 spring onion, finely sliced
Instructions
Chraimeh Sauce
- Toast the fennel seeds until aromatic.
- Place in bowl along with the oil, garlic and spices and mix to combine.
- Place in a medium sauté pan or skillet and cook for a few minutes until fragrant.
- Add the tomato paste, honey, lemon juice and salt.
- Stir in 1/2 cup water and cook for several minutes until bubbling and thickened.
Salmon Traybake
- Preheat the oven to 180℃. Boil the kettle.
- Place the brocolli in an () baking tray and sprinkle with salt. Pour over the boiling water to cover and let it sit for a minute. Drain.
- Add the green beans and sliced baby fennel to the dish. Drizzle with olive and and season with salt and pepper.
- Place the salmon fillets on top of the vegetables. Spoon over the chraimeh sauce. Bake for 15-20 minutes until the salmon is cooked but flakes apart easily.
- To make the dressing, mix together the sliced chilli, grated ginger, sesame oil, lemon juice, honey and spring onion.
- Remove from the oven and pour the dressing over the vegetables. Serve with your grain of choice (I like to serve a top a heap of fluffy bulgar wheat).
Notes
- I like this asian dressing for the vegetables for a bright and fresh component. The veg are equally good tossed in some of the delicious chraimeh sauce.
- Blanching the broccoli might seem like an unnecessary extra step, but it helps soften the tenderstem broccoli stems so that they are cooked through despite the brief cooking time in the oven.