Hazelnut and citrus salmon

Serves: 4
Course: Main Course
Cooking Time: 0 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

  • 1kg side of salmon, skin on
  • 1½tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 bunch thyme, leaves picked
  • 100g hazelnuts
  • Pinch chilli flakes
  • ½tsp fennel seeds
  • Sea salt and black pepper
  • Zest and juice of ½ orange
  • Zest and juice of 1 lemon
  • 2tbsp olive oil
  • To serve: Boiled potatoes, purslane or rocket salad
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1 Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Line a baking tray with baking paper.

2 Place the salmon on the tray and brush with the mustard.

3 Place the hazelnuts in a food processor and blitz till almost fully ground. Then add the thyme, chilli flakes, citrus zest, fennel seeds and a generous pinch of salt. Blitz till it resembles fine breadcrumbs.

4 Pour the crumbs over the fish and pat it all onto the salmon to ensure it's fully coated.

5 Bake for 20 minutes until the salmon is cooked through and the crumbs are golden. It should flake easily in the thickest part once cooked.

6 To make the dressing, mix the lemon and orange juice with the olive oil and season to taste with salt and black pepper. Drizzle the dressing over the salmon and serve.

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Lilly Higgins

Lilly Higgins

Lilly Higgins, a contributor to The Irish Times, is a food writer